Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it…But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
–Jeremiah 5:1, 23 (KJV)–

As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?
–Ezekiel 33:11 (NIV)–

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Oh yes, I walk the path that’s righteous
Many men have walked before
And this pain’s held, a broken shell
Straight shackled onto the floor
So welcome to the world that I lived in
Puking up bile and hate
My world had turned to false inclusion
Sickening broken state
But then I’d see, there’s things in me
That make me want it more than you
But I deny all this ’cause pain was my bliss
Get wasted on self-destruct

So hold on to the edge

It’s all about
The blood, the sweat, the tears
A tribute to the strength
Built through the years
It’s all about
The blood, the sweat, the tears
A tribute to the strength
Built through the years
A tribute to…

Oh yes, I walk the path that gives me
Confidence strong and pure
Now I realize that freedom rises
From confronting the source
I built these walls around me
And I can break them all away
And I’ll focus all the strength I call
Unstoppable energy

So hold on to the edge

It’s all about
The blood, the sweat, the tears
A tribute to the strength
Built through the years
It’s all about
The blood, the sweat, the tears
A tribute to the strength
Built through the years
A tribute to…

Take this
Need focus
Command this
To take

Hold on
I’m not falling
Please, let go
Hold on
I’m not falling
Not falling down again

It’s all about
The blood, the sweat, the tears
A tribute to the strength
Built through the years
It’s all about
The blood, the sweat, the tears
A tribute to the strength
Built through the years

Believe me that
Time will sear the wound
Time will sear the wound
Time will sear the wound

–Machine Head, “The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears”–