Goodness walks
Hand-in-hand, always
with redemption.
Good boys
Boys who behave
Good boys
Who do what they're told,
Good things happen to good boys.
"Do as you're told."
Good things,
Good boys.
You obey,
Swallow complaints
And tears
And other.
Good boys
Are redeemed.
Suffering
Is redemption
Right?
European monks who beat themselves with lather straps,
God will greet them in heaven
Kiss their cheeks
They have shown their goodness
In strength
In this capacity to
"…please stop…"
Endure
Sacrifice themselves.
When they lay abed
Did they feel the sting?
Did they sleep tummy-down,
Did they cry out from motion?
Did their roughspun habits chafe?
Good boys
Are redeemed.
Goodness walks,
Always,
Hand-in-hand with redemption.
Goodness walks,
Always,
Even when you're sleeping
So you'll never catch up.