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Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 18-19
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This song belongs to the Genesis collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis
Escape for thy life
Look not behind thee
The angel sees the hands of Lot
His wife and daughters from the gate
The mercy of the Lord drew near
But judgment would no longer wait
Across the plain they fled the walls
With terror burning in their eyes
The city thundered at their backs
And fire gathered in the skies
No shelter in the valley
No turning toward the flame
The warning stood between them
And the ruin of the plain
Run for your life
Do not look back
Fire is falling from the heavens
Run for your life
Do not look back
The cities fall beneath the judgment
When mercy pulls you from the dark
Do not reach again for what must end
Run for your life
Do not look back
Do not look back again
Then the Lord rained fire from heaven
And brimstone struck the cities down
Camorra burned beside the plain
While Sodom vanished in the sound
The roofs gave way, the towers fell
The streets became a furnace mouth
The smoke climbed black against the dawn
As ruin rolled from house to house
She heard the world behind her roar
She stopped between the fire and dawn
She turned her face towards Sodom's flame
And in that moment she was gone
The salt climbed through her feet and hands
Her breath and movement slowly stilled
A pillar stood up on the road
Where one command had been ignored
Lot reached out, but could not save her
His daughters cried and drew away
The falling fire lit the salt
And turned the darkness into day
Run for your life
Do not look back
Fire is falling from the heavens
Run for your life
Do not look back
No city stands above the judgment
When mercy leads you from the dark
Do not turn again toward the flame
Run for your life
Do not look back, remember Sodom's name
That morning Abraham looked down
The smoke rose like a furnace flame
The cities vanished from the plain
And nothing stood the same
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