[Verse 1] Rehoboam heard the elders: "Lighten what thy father laid." He preferred the younger counsel, Answered burden with a blade. "My father chastened you with whips; Scorpions shall mark my reign." Ten tribes turned from David's household; Only Judah would remain. [Hook] What portion have we in David? To your tents, O Israel. A kingdom split at Shechem, And the old alliance fell. [Verse 2] Jeroboam feared Jerusalem, Feared the pilgrim's heart would turn. So at Bethel and at Dan He made two golden idols burn. "Behold the gods that brought thee upward," Priests arose from common line; A feast invented by a ruler Made rebellion look divine. [Chorus] Two calves of gold, At Dan and Bethel shown, A shortcut built by fear of losing What God had sworn to bestow. Two calves of gold, And generations learned the way; Political survival Became a nation's long decay. [Bridge] A prophet cried against the altar; The king's hand withered where he stood. Mercy healed it, yet the warning Could not turn his heart to good. [Final Chorus] Two calves of gold, The wound outlived the throne. A kingdom chose convenient worship And made its exile stone by stone.