Foxes, Weeds, And Jealousy

My mind is spinnin’, hon
I got more thoughts than these grains this Sun
Is bleeding red, here in this wilderness

But you’ve got all these other trusts
In your confused heart’s allegiances
But not one belongs inside this hedge

I’ll bind up every lust you’ve found
And I’ll strike a match and burn them to the ground

Better not to take a vow than make and not keep it
Do not awaken love before it pleases
Two things that show no mercy
Three that devour everything
Foxes, those thieves
And suffocating weeds
But none can stand the fury of a Husband’s jealousy

They say that bitterness
It’ll be the death of fallen flesh but I have seen
Ego do the very same thing

Even all your hidden thoughts
Every decision you think I'm not
Aware of—in all the tangles you’ve been caught

I’ll string up every fox you’ve fed
Idolatrous dreams that want to see you dead

Better not to take a vow than make and not keep it
Do not awaken love before it pleases
Two things that show no mercy
Three that devour everything
Foxes, those thieves
And suffocating weeds
But none can stand the fury of a Husband’s jealousy

I'm not here to lead You on
I'm just not ready to abandon
Everything You’ve already entrusted to me

Even once I heard You speak but
Sleep is where voices and dreams
Compete for love and clarity

I'm already all settled in
How could You ask me to uproot again?

Better not to take a vow than make and not keep it
Do not awaken love before it pleases
Two things that show no mercy
Three that devour everything
Foxes, those thieves
And suffocating weeds
But none can stand the fury of a Husband’s jealousy

All healthy things grow
Get pruned so you go
He has His Day
He’ll have His way

So give up what you cannot keep
Cling to what you cannot lose
Beloved, don’t be a fool
Beloved, don’t be a fool