Bethlehem's Gate

There was a night As purple as this With a love so close We longed to be missed Summer '89 And everything stood Sure and free and there To be finished I long to be there As bright as the sky At Bethlehem's gate September again You come so quick So sudden your strength So strong your kiss The world groans and strains For the hope of a time Like a prayer that Is wished and willed To exist Like knocking so hard And trying to get through To Bethlehem's gate I'm chiding the heart That the body will live To question the power And the gift of birth To stand and grow and die On the wasteland That scorns the high temples We build And stand in the way And darken the sky At Bethlehem's gate Stand in the way And darken the sky At Bethlehem's gate