3 Times Denied - 38th Parallel

Breaking bread, Pouring wine

Speaking mysteries that stretch my mind

But I failed to follow

The meaning of fish and bread that I swallowed?

Dipping bread in a dish, calling out a trader

I’m hoping you’ll explain this sooner or later

I’m living with confusion, It’s like a bad dream

Tell me, what’s the conclusion?

Three times denied

Thought I was strong but it seems I was wrong

Now I see, since now I’ve three times denied

Your name--I'm stained with shame

This wretchedness becomes my fame

Your accusation, it plagues my mind

Your prophecy leaves me horrified

Denied you never would be

Of all of us, it would never be me

That would break your heart and make you moan

Forsake your name, leave you alone

With the sting of a coward’s lie

The signed decree that declares you die

Three times denied

Thought I was strong but it seems I was wrong

Now I see, since now I’ve three times denied

Your name--I'm stained with shame

This wretchedness becomes my fame

Nightmares run through my brain

Cold sweat covers me like a sickening stain

In this place between asleep and awake

I shake from the cold and the fear of heartbreak

And in the glow of the fire I turn into a liar

To scared to say 'I know'

And like a sheperdless sheep I run and I weep

As I hear the cock crow

You said three times

My son do you love me?

And I said three times, «You know that I do»

You said three times

My son do you love me?

And I said three times, «You know that I do»

You said three times

My son do you love me?

And I said three times, «You know that I do!»