Lyrics to Peniel

It's not hard to be an Esau

The hunger burns like acid

To corrode and erode your fight and faith

It's not hard to be a Cain

When you've got to shift the blame

And tell yourself your faults are fate

But it's an agony to live a promise

To stake your life on a hope

To trust and pray and reach but wait

When weakness is your strength

And it's in dying that you live

My name is Jacob

I know what I want and where to get it

I connive and contrive for what should be mine

And expect no one could give it

But I'm scared tonight

For the truth and I must meet

I've played my last prank; I shiver on this bank

Naked in the fig leaves of my deceit

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But this is my Peniel

In the morning I'll face my past

But tonight a promise I grasp

This is my fight for faith

An angel wrestles me

That's blood on the ground you see

I'm a hard one to bless

But can I settle for something less'

What I knew, I know no more; my pride has hit the floor

But by the break of morn, Israel shall be born

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