Asleep On Holy Ground

A stone for a pillow
As hard as his head
He slept on holy ground
The dreaming deceiver
He dreamt of a ladder
With angels up and down

And the ladder was a way
The stairway was a sign
The gates of heaven opened wide
Revealing the Divine

Asleep on holy ground he lay
Oblivious to the night
Inside his head and heart
Were full of inexpressible light
Soon he would be confronted
By the friend that we most fear
Asleep on holy ground he lay
Deceitful blessed seer

The dream that he dreamt
Now transformed to a nightmare
As he wrestled with a man
The unearthly power
Of his beloved opponent
Made Jacob understand

That the wrestling was the way
The struggle was the sign
He limped away his lesson learned
Now Israel was defined

He limped away on holy ground
Awakened from the dream
Having learned his costly lesson
From the way of the Nazarene
That pain's the path to blessing
Love will fight us to be found
And God remains a dream to those
Who sleep on holy ground

He limped away on holy ground
Awakened from the dream
He learned his costly lesson
From the way of the Nazarene
That pain's the path to blessing
Love will fight us to be found
And God remains a dream to those
Who sleep on holy ground