'TIS JUDGMENT DAY
BY MARK BULLEN
‘TIS JUDGMENT DAY,
0 DREADED DAY
TO AVOID THIS MEETING,
THERE WAS NO WAY
‘TIS JUDGMENT DAY,
IT SEEMS SO STRANGE
THE THINGS THAT MATTER
JUST REARRANGE
WHAT SEEMED SO VITAL,
I COULDN’T RESIST
IN THIS GREAT DAY
ARE JUST NOT MISSED
THE PLEASURES OF SIN,
THE WORLDLY FUN
NOW SEEMS SO FOOLISH
THAT IN THEM I’D RUN
SO I GAINED THE WORLD,
BUT LOST MY SOUL
WHY DID I NOT
MAKE HEAVEN MY GOAL?
THAT WOMAN, THAT JOB,
THAT CAR I MUST OWN
NOT SOWING IN SPIRIT,
BUT FLESH I HAVE SOWN
UNFORGIVENESS AND HATE,
BITTERNESS, PRIDE
NOW ALL SEEM SO LITTLE,
WHEN SEEN FROM THIS SIDE
ON JUGMENT DAY,
I STAND FACE TO FACE
WITH GOD IN HIS GLORY
TO DEAL WITH MY CASE
MY RECORD OF LIFE
WILL STARE ME DOWN
FACING THE FACTS,
NOT WEARING THE GOWN
I’LL BE CAST OUT
BOUND HAND AND FOOT
TO THE LAKE OF FIRE,
DARKNESS AND SOOT
WHY DID I THINK
GOD WOULDN’T CARE
WOULD NOT CONDEMN ME
WOULD LET ME IN THERE?
I DIDN’T OBEY
HIS WORD SO CLEAR
I DIDN’T FOLLOW
HIS SON SO DEAR
I DID WHAT I PLEASED,
WENT WHERE I WOULD
I WALKED IN MY WAY
WHENEVER I COULD
PEOPLE WARNED ME,
THEIR EXAMPLE I SAW
BUT WANTED TO FOLLOW
MY VERY OWN LAW
I CONCEIVED A GOD
WHO WITH ME DID AGREE
LIKED WHAT I LIKED
WOULD LET ME BE ME
MY SELF-MADE GOD
LIKED ME VERY WELL
HE’D UNDERSTAND ME
NOT SEND ME TO HELL
BUT NOW AT JUDGMENT
THE FOG HAS CLEARED
I SEE MY CONSCIENCE
BY SELF-WILL SEARED
I TRULY KNEW BETTER,
BUT WOULDN’T ADMIT
I DEFENDED MY COURSE
WITH “SANCTIFIED” GRIT
NOW HELL IS BEFORE ME,
ETERNITY BECKONS
I’LL FEEL THE FLAME
IN JUST A FEW SECONDS
THOSE WHO WARNED ME
HAVE GONE INTO GLORY
O TO BE WITH THEM!
TO REWRITE MY STORY!
TO BE BACK ON EARTH,
TO SERVE AND OBEY
I’D GIVE ALL I HAD,
I’D CHANGE ALL TODAY
I’D DO WHAT I KNEW
DOWN DEEP IN MY HEART
I’D OBEY EVERY WORD
RIGHT FROM THE START
I’D CRUCIFY SELF,
AMBITION AND PRIDE
I’D JOIN THE TRUE SAINTS
AND FIGHT BY THEIR SIDE
BUT 0 ‘TIS LATE,
‘TIS OVER FOR ME
ALL HELL AND FIRE
AND BLACKNESS I SEE
WOE IS TO ME
FOR I AM UNDONE
NEVER AGAIN
WILL I SEE THE SON
WOE IS TO ME,
ETERNITY WAITS
AND MY WICKED SOUL
JESUS NOW HATES