DESCRIPTION:
Track 11 from Cool Hand Luke's album "The Sleeping House", released 10/14/2008 on Lujo Records.
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About:
"The incomprehensible sleep is the sleep Christ's disciples fell into as he prayed in Gethsemane. Jesus' only request to them in his darkest hour was to stay awake and pray, yet, they failed him. We, too, have all fallen into this incomprehensible sleep. We can wake up. Indeed, we will wake up. Do you hear Him calling us? "Set your hearts on things above, not on earthly things." (Colossians 3:1,2) The title for this song was inspired by a sermon by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who knew suffering better than I can imagine. The sermon is entitled Judas. It was preached in Finkenwalde, Germany on March 14, 1937."


Lyrics:
(Matthew 26:36-46)

Our lives up to this point have lead to this
A garden in the dark, a deadly kiss (Matthew 26:47-49)
If you want to follow me
We'll walk into suffering
It's this act that will distinguish us


My disciples, those I've chosen (John 15:16)
Don't listen to the sirens
Don't you know that I would never lead you astray
Tie yourself to the mast and cover your ears with wax and
Keep your gaze on me, for God's sake stay awake

Sometimes you have to close your eyes to see.
Sometimes to walk you have to get down on your knees.
All I ask is that you pray
All I ask is that you stay awake
But your dreams betray me

My disciples, those I've chosen
Don't listen to the sirens
Don't you know that I would never lead you astray
Tie yourself to the mast and cover your ears with wax and
Keep your gaze on me, for God's sake stay awake

Wake up.

Are you resting? Are you still asleep?

Wake Up, O Sleeper (Ephesians 5:14)
Wake Up and say a prayer
Wake Up, O Sleeper
Are you my betrayer?
Wake up, O Sleeper
Wake up, O Sleeper

Incomprehensible, Incomprehensible