[Verse 1] Names of idols leave the land, False prophets lose remembered claim. Unclean spirits find no shelter, Truth strips costume from the shame. [Verse 2] A sword awakens in the silence, Turns toward the shepherd at the center. The shepherd falls, the sheep are scattered, Small ones pass beneath the weather. [Refrain] Strike the shepherd, scatter the sheep; The word is sharp, the valley deep. Yet through the fire a remnant stays, Refined beneath the searching blaze. [Chorus] Awake, O sword, against the shepherd, Let the hidden counsel stand. Two parts perish through the breaking, One is drawn through fire by hand. Awake, O sword, against the shepherd, Not the end of covenant claim. Silver tested, gold made cleaner, A people learns to call the Name. [Verse 2] False prophets hide their former garments, Deny the trade they used to wear. Wounds upon their hands bear questions, But no practiced lie can settle there. [Bridge] Heat does not flatter, flame does not hurry, Dross rises slowly from the glowing core. The remnant calls, the LORD gives answer; Relationship is named once more. [Chorus - final] Awake, O sword, against the shepherd, Let the scattered cross the night. One third passes through the furnace, Not abandoned to the light. Awake, O sword, against the shepherd, Fire reveals what will remain. “They are his people,” the heavens witness; “They call the LORD,” the earth explains. [Outro] The flock was scattered; The remnant learned the Name.