In Fear and Trembling

I want to escape violence I want to escape pain It permeates my skin And the air I breathe It will not leave me alone I know you told him to do this I know you told him to be this But please, send a ram I want to escape violence I want to escape pain It permeates my skin And the air I breathe It will not leave me alone Abraham's footing was sure And his chest did ache But what of young Isaac Layed on the slab By what ropes was he bound And what did he think when he walked home How did he sleep How did he sleep As a man, sold a fantasy That my worth was who I could eat And who wanted to be eaten That the love of others defined my own I felt small, I felt weak Things you told me a man shouldn't be So I ate their images I swallowed them whole Because they told me I was wanted I put up a good fight And as bad as it is It happens on so large a scale I can hardly breathe Come, my brothers Leave the fruits of depravity with me And wander through the dilapidated barns of the countryside There is only ruin here