38th Parallel 3 Times Denied

Verse 1
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Breaking bread, pouring wine,
Speaking mysteries that stretch my mind.
And I failed to follow,
The meaning of flesh and bread that I swallowed.
Dipping bread in a dish, calling out a traitor
I'm hoping you'll explain this sooner or later
Dizzy with confusion, in the midst of a dream
Awaiting conclusion

Chorus
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Three times denied
Thought I was strong but it seems I was wrong
Now I see, since now I've three times denied
Your name I'm stained with shame
This wretchedness becomes my fame

Verse 2
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Your accusation, plagues my mind
Your prophecy leaves me horrified
Denied you never would be,
Of all of us, it would never be me

To break your heart and make you moan
Foresake your name, leave you alone
With the sting of a coward's lie
The sign decreed that to cleanse you die.

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Verse 3
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Nightmares run through my brain
Cold sweat covers me like a sickened stain
Place between asleep and awake
I shake from the cold and the fear of heartbreak

And in the glow of the fire I turn into a liar
To scared to say 'I know'
And like a sheperdless sheep I run and I weep
As I hear the cock crow

[Chorus]

You said three times,
"My son do you love me?"
And I said three times, "You know that I do."

You said three times,
"My son do you love me?"
And I said three times, "You know that I do."

You said three times,
"My son do you love me?"
And I said three times, "You know that I do!"

[Chorus]