Lyrics
[intro] [verse] In ruins she stands, Spire smashed and broken Twisted and torn Her once fine timbers so polished and grand A perching place for pigeons A study in desolation [verse 2] She weathered the storms all the rages of the sky And sheltered her children within her stones She was set aside a beautiful bride Resplendent in traditions of old [Verse 3] A hundred years she stood on Cathedral Square At Worcester and Columbo streets preachers and prophets came to her courts Her walls echoed all their many claims But none foretold what was hidden below [Pre-chorus] But could she withstand the rages of the earth? Colossal tectonic forces An oblique thrust strike slip earthquake struck Convulsing Canterbury’s plains It tore the stones down from the sky And hurled them back to the earth below From whence they had been raised. [Chorus] The pride of the faithful fell And the dust of destruction rose The once so solid ground Turned to jelly-like liquefaction A beautiful garden town Now a shattered refraction [instrumental - guitar duet] [Bridge] And does this generation have the faith of those who went before them? Don't they deserve a symbol of grace and sacrifice A signpost for their children? And how could they even know? [Finale] Will the bones of the church lie cold, A graveyard of remembrance? Can the God of Love Creep like sunshine across the land? Can the Earth below Command the forces of creation? Can the Light of Christ Ever by darkness be, over whelmed? [guitar break] [Outro] Be strong in the Lord for He is the resurrection Be strong in His Son He is the Living Word Be strong in the Spirit of Grace for He is always with you Be you of good cheer For Lo I am with you Making you into a cathedral A cathedral of living stones Living stones (living stones) Living stones (living stones) (living stones) (living stones)
