THAT WAS SET
BEFORE
OUR CHRIST
CAN YOU DRINK
OF
THAT BITTER CUP
THE BITTER CUP
MADE BITTER
BY THE BURDEN
OF SIN
IN THIS WORLD
CAN YOU DRINK
CAN YOU DRINK
OF THAT
BITTER CUP
THE TASTE
SO SOUR SO TART
YOU CAN FEEL
IT
IN YOUR MOST INWARD PARTS
A TASTE
SO REPULSIVE
JESUS ONLY
ONLY JESUS
COULD BEAR
IT ALONE
BEAR IT ALONE
AND JESUS
DID BEAR IT
THAT BITTER CUP
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COLLECTIVE
SINS OF THIS WORLD
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
UNLESS JESUS THE CHRIST
WOULD HOLD UP
THE CUP TO HIS LIPS
WE ALL WE ALL
WOULD BE DOOMED
HELL BOUND
ETERNAL DAMNATION
OUR DESTINATION STATION
CAN WE TASTE
OF
THE BITTER CUP
NO, NO, NO
JESUS ALONE
COULD TASTE OF IT
THE BITTER CUP
JESUS
JESUS
JESUS
ALONE
Wilbert Walker
January 12, 2015