i built another temple to a stranger
i gave away my heart to the rushing wind
i set my course to run right into danger
sought the company of fools instead of friends


you know i've been unfaithful
 with lovers and lines
  while you're turning over tables
 with the rage of a jealous kind
i chose the gallows to the aisle
  thought that love would never find
 hanging ropes will never keep you
and your love of a jealous kind
 love of a jealous kind


tryin' to jump away from rock that keeps on spreading
for solace in the shift of the sinking sand
i'd rather feel the pain all too familiar
than be broken by a lover i don't understand
'cause i don't understand


you know i've been unfaithful
 with lovers and lines
  while you're turning over tables
 with the rage of a jealous kind
i chose the gallows to the aisle
  thought that love would never find
 hanging ropes will never keep you
and your love of a jealous kind


  one hundred other lovers, more, one hundred other altars
 if i should slow my pace and finally subject me to grace
and love that shames the wise
 betrays the heart's deceit and lies
  and breaks the back of foolish pride


you know i've been unfaithful
 with lovers and lines
  while you're turning over tables
 with the rage of a jealous kind
i chose the gallows to the aisle
  thought that love would never find
 hanging ropes will never keep you
and your love of a jealous kind

from jars of clay, who we are instead






Exodus 34:14