Ain’t You Scared of the Sacred?:  A Spiritual

Ain’t you scared of the Sacred?

Ain’t you scared of the Sacred?

Divinity spies you naked.

Tremble or your heart breaketh.

Yes, I’s scared of the Sacred.

Yes, I’s scared of the Sacred.

So, I don’t fear anyone.

Love shakes me to the bone.

Adam and Eve weren’t angels—

Just apes with an alphabet.

Tremble before the Sacred!

Shake when you aim the bullet!

Best be scared of the Sacred!

Best be scared of the Sacred!

Divinity knows you naked.

Tremble or your house breaketh.

Believers can’t live forever;

And evil-doers gonna die.

Folks with religious Fever,

Burn hot with Hypocrisy.

Ain’t you scared of the Sacred?

Ain’t you scared of the Sacred?

I tremble like an angel

Fallen down, lone and naked.

Sinner, shout against the mosque?

Sinner, shout gainst the synagogue?

Sinner, your church is a kiosk,

And you’re struttin in a bog.

Best be scared of the Sacred!

Best tremble like an angel.

Better know you’re all naked:

Divinity sees every angle.

Best humble down and tremble.

Best humble down and tremble.

Shout proverbs at a mirror.

Condemn yourself for Error.

Best pray Mercy for your sins.

Your Pride is sham Innocence.

Best humble down, tremble well:

Only Love busts your jail cell.

Ain’t you scared of the Sacred?

Ain’t you scared of the Sacred?

Put down that gun and that bomb:

Make your heart a saintly home.

Mercy, Mercy, everyone:

Defuse that bomb! Refuse that gun!

Ain’t you scared of the Sacred?

Ain’t you scared of the Sacred?

Divinity spies you naked.

Tremble or your heart breaketh.

Best be scared of the Sacred!

Best be scared of the Sacred!

[Chosen by U2 for Jumbotron screen projections during their Joshua Tree Tour, 2017. 

Also published by Aaron Kent.  Answer 3.  A dialogue.  “Ain’t You Scared of the Sacred?”