The Priest-Milow

[ti:The Priest] [ar:Milow] [al:Milow] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.58]The Priest [00:01.02]Milow [00:01.28]专辑：Coming of Age [00:02.77] [00:04.71]I'm Peter van der Hold [00:07.46]I'm 68 years old [00:09.72] [00:10.73]I doubt some questions have increased [00:14.29]In 42 years of being a priest [00:17.99] [00:19.00]I'm at the end of my life [00:21.19] [00:21.94]I'm not sure if I'm gonna survive [00:25.03] [00:25.59]I often don't know what to say [00:29.60]When I talk to Him when I pray [00:33.61] [00:34.49]In reply I receive [00:36.68] [00:37.62]Only silence no relieve [00:40.06] [00:40.76]I've waited in vain for a little advice [00:44.60]From that great voice in the therial skies [00:48.42] [01:05.94]Once I was revolutionary [01:09.26]A devoted mercenary [01:12.26] [01:12.94]A gifted student in God's hands [01:16.38] [01:16.89]Now I'm old and sick of his demands [01:21.08] [01:22.21]I tried to be honest and good [01:24.77] [01:25.58]Did my job the best I could [01:27.91] [01:29.15]But I always stayed that average man [01:33.01]Right in the spot where I'll be damned [01:36.44] [01:38.31]During the grieve with which I've dealt [01:40.75] [01:41.68]Spent three decades since I've felt [01:44.59] [01:45.33]The certainty I so adored 'bout the existence of the Lord [01:52.96] [01:55.05]I've seen enough that's why I know [02:00.44] [02:02.31]God left this place long long time ago [02:07.89] [02:28.10]I'll give him to my perish [02:31.13] [02:31.68]Things I don't have myself but cherish [02:34.05] [02:35.30]And namely love and charity [02:38.44] [02:39.32]Mostly purpose that's what sets you free [02:43.72] [02:44.47]So I'm where the metaphore [02:46.54] [02:47.85]I'm not comforting anymore [02:50.93] [02:51.52]I think I'm almost done with my search [02:55.52]Got old so fast even in my church [02:59.76] [03:00.47]But feels as if I'm kept out [03:03.23] [03:04.24]Some sort of secret about [03:07.31] [03:08.18]The meaning of live sometimes [03:11.81]Can't fail to notice these are mediocre types [03:15.08] [03:17.26]I've seen enough that's why I know [03:22.74] [03:24.43]God left this place long long time ago [03:30.89] [03:32.13]I've seen enough that's why I know [03:38.16] [03:39.80]God left this place long long time ago [03:46.21] [03:48.89]And time has made me good at one thing [03:51.96] [03:52.59]And horrible at everything else [03:56.47]The blessings of a world divine [03:59.65] [04:00.16]Were always elsewhere and never mine [04:03.66] [04:05.22]Oh I would like to hold someone [04:08.81]Briefly maybe have some fun [04:12.45]My body's hardly designed [04:15.94] [04:16.50]So I'm not really the hugging kind [04:20.14] [04:21.51]Not once has there been [04:23.83] [04:25.02]Someone with a softer skin [04:27.91] [04:28.59]Who reached out for me in the middle of the night [04:32.97]'Cause my own lumpy mattress would've turn on the light [04:37.38] [04:38.19]I think I've been miscast [04:40.33] [04:41.70]And the time of saints is passed [04:44.53] [04:45.14]My faith is reclassed but not least [04:49.01]After 42 years of being a priest [04:53.77] [04:54.40]The church is like a woman [04:56.71] [04:57.96]Thing out of reach like a vision [05:00.41] [05:01.86]She glimmers in the distance which I could never quite get [05:05.87]Now i'm stuck here with my regret [05:09.13] [05:11.08]I've seen enough that's why I know [05:16.52] [05:18.41]God left this place long long time ago [05:24.21] [05:25.65]I've seen enough that's why I know [05:31.59] [05:32.84]God left this place long long time ago [05:39.54] [05:40.29]I've seen enough that's why I know [05:46.38] [05:47.70]God left this place long long time ago [05:54.16] [05:54.85]I've seen enough that's why I know [06:00.62] [06:02.07]God left this place long long time ago [06:09.17] [06:18.88]It's my portion it's my call [06:21.45] [06:22.38]It's my portion it's my call