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The holy nuns strode softly with silken steps upon the road

The old man followed slowly, weary from his load

The nuns moved swiftly without a single care

Not to see the man as if he wasn't there

He chased the nuns, they held the truth

The truth to set him free.

The nuns went through the forest

and the old man tagged behind

Past the bent and twisted trees

Eerie shadows not set free

The birds they were silent

And the wolves were hiding near

Made it out the other side, found a narrow road

Beside the road a gentle girl

A girl of 16 years.

She'd known the pain and felt the fears

She told the man she knew his tears

She told the man she knew the pain

told the man she could explain

said sometimes things wont change too soon

and it's best to hide in your cocoon

The old man held the sweet girl's hand

said it's kind you tried to understand

But there's torment and there's trouble and tumble in the mind

and there's some things that can't be left behind.

He continued on the journey, the nuns were still in sight

Went past a drunk, looking for a fight

Past the old horse stables and past a broken mill

Across the bald paddock that had been eaten bare

The horses lay down dead and didn't have a care

They came to a deep canyon

And the nuns slid gently down inside

They crossed across the bottom

and glided up the other side.

The old man tumbled down the side and stopped and moved no more

Bruised and battered

and broken to his core

The holy flock got the call and hurried to the scene

They numbered many hundred, maybe even more

They came from every building and came out every door

They had marched through the valleys and marched across the hills

They had ran through the forest and across the grassy plain

till they stood united, on the canyon rim

The holy sisters smiled

Then they started up a chime

that reached skyward with a holy rhyme

"Holy Jesus up above"

"Holy Jesus full of love"

Then the call came from the nun

For the crowd to chant in unison

"Holy Jesus up above"

"Holy Jesus full of love"

It was just another holy jingle

Gave man's brain an angry tingle

An echo from a childhood day

Locked in head, there to stay

The nuns then looked down below

Smug and smirked at the broken man

The nuns had spoke without a word

But without the words the crowd still heard

The crowd then yelled and cursed the man

And the attack had just begun

The children then had their time

They mocked the man with silly rhyme

One man in the crowd had just come along for the ride

He didn't take a single side

He said if you all dance to the beat

you end up like a flock of sheep

One day the worm could turn

and then the strong may burn

Mighty castle wall

will not stop the strong to fall

The man then walked away

The clouds rolled in to block the sky

The vultures came and circled high

for there was to be a feast

The old man shuffled off along the canyon floor

He became a distant spec, then was seen no more

The vultures did not follow but remained circled above the crowd

People looked around, seen fear in every eye

The vultures began to circle, lower in the sky

An icy chill went through each heart

They knew that it was time to part

It was silence like you've never heard

as they slowly walked away

And the leaves refused to rustle sound

underneath their feet.