[Warning] Do not all hurry to stand as the guide, The teacher is measured with judgment applied. We stumble in many things, words most of all, A perfect command of the mouth would be tall. [Image Verse] A bit turns the horse and a rudder the sea, A spark takes a forest from green into grief. The tongue is so little, yet boasts like a king, A world of iniquity carried within. [Chorus] The tongue is a fire, It stains the whole body and widens the flame. It blesses the Father, then curses his likeness, One mouth should not carry both poison and praise. [Creature Movement] The beast and the bird and the serpent are tamed, The creature at sea learns the limits we name. But no human hand can make speech fully still, An unruly evil with death in its fill. [Fountain Bridge] Can sweet water rise where the bitter is poured? Can figs grow on olives or salt speak as fresh? Let meekness reveal what the heart truly knows, Not envy that boasts while confusion still grows. [Final Chorus] Seek wisdom from above, First pure, then peaceable, gentle, sincere. Full mercy and fruit, without partial disguise, Righteousness sown where the peacemaker tries. UNIVERSAL SCENE REFERENCE • The Tongue Is a Fire Scripture Scope: James 3:1-18 Scene Authority: registered scene-card SRT • source scene hash 646B9BDDBBAE808CA555A6AC316F670E029115713B7C1B7AEB7BBAF6F8E0519E