I was a pilgrim in early life

I traveled at night

Bound for Jordan just ten miles north

Of a civil war



Immersed in mercy in holy flood

That mingled with blood

My sextant headed for homebound lands

Through twilight sands



But I grew weary and too far-gone

To carry on

At first my home and my empire soon

Would there assume



I'm watching my kingdom tumbling down

You're flooding my refuge underground

My kingdom for angels, mighty surround

To take me away from here



A sea of sand came through fiery pass

A sea of glass

An ivory fortress and turret's stell

Would swift reveal



The gods of beast and of sun and sky

With banners high

Were worshipped in their six temple's fold

Of desert gold



In summer's sting, as the sages say

The sand gave way

My empire capsized at vanity's cost

And all were lost



I'm watching my kingdom crumble and fall

You're building Your kingdom over all

I'm cursing my wisdom while the angels I call

To take me away, to take me away from here