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out of the frying pan, into the furnace.
out of the dungeon, into the wilderness.
free from the Pope’s tyranny, but not from his influence.
free from the old school, got a church full of truants.
our faith turned mutinous, now we’re standing on ruins.
our faith moved mountains, now we’re climbing a new one.

the dust may be settling, but I refuse to follow suit.
the Devil pollutes the truth and it’s my duty to refute.
I’ve rebuked the peasants, and my own friends as well,
so what’s a prince to a man who stands against the gates of Hell?
they don’t wanna go to war, but the Ottoman Turks are at the door.
they go against the Emperor and expect me to give support.
I’m not a rebel for hire. I answer to someone higher,
even if you put my feet in the fire.

EVERYBODY TRYNA KISS AND MAKE UP NOW
ALL SCARED OF THE TURKS, SO WE’RE FRIENDS NOW?
I CAN HARDLY GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE
PLAY A FOOL’S GAME, WIN A FOOL’S PRIZE
YOU WANNA SHAKE HANDS, BUT
THEIR HANDS ARE DRENCHED IN BLOOD
EVERYBODY TRYNA MAKE A DEAL
BUT I CAN’T DO THAT AND I NEVER WILL

the Emperor listened as we gave him a lesson---
all 15,000 words of the Augsburg Confession.
I was hidden at the Coburg. I relied on Melanchthon,
but it proved to be an impossible position.
the Holy Roman Empire couldn't tolerate a rift,
we wanted to negotiate, we wanted to coexist.
but his mind was closed, clenched like a fist.
and that's how the Emperor made my list.
we can compromise but we cannot tell lies.
why can’t they realize it’s time to take the right side?

EVERYBODY TRYNA KISS AND MAKE UP NOW...

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from HERE I STAND: a Lutheran mixtape, released April 29, 2017
Written, performed, and produced by Andy Pokel

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Andy Pokel is a church musician and seminary student who lives in Minneapolis, MN with his wife and son.

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