Belshazzar’s Feast

(Lyrics below) Be careful about how you use the sacred treasures you loot from God's faithful. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin. I hope you enjoy. Hard to say what the sound is, if you listen to much of my music, it is outside the box. God Bless LYRICS: Belshazzar called a feast tonight A thousand nobles filled the hall Wine was flowing before them all Babylon laughed behind its walls The tables flashed with royal gold The king grew bolder with the wine Bring out the vessels, he commanded Bring what Jerusalem left behind Gold and silver crossed the room Taken from the house of God King and nobles drank together Wives and concubines joined the toast Gold and silver heard their praise Bronze and iron joined the song Wood and stone became their gods And holy vessels passed along Raise it high and drink it down Gold and silver pass around Babylon, lift up your crown Let a thousand shout it loud Gold and silver, bronze and stone Iron, wood—we praise our own Raise the vessels to the light Who could ever end this night? Then fingers of a human hand appeared They wrote upon the plastered wall Right beside the burning lampstand And the king watched every mark Belshazzar's face was changed with fear His thoughts drove terror through his mind His strength gave way beneath his body His knocking knees would not be still He cried aloud for Babylon's wise men Read these words and tell me now Purple, gold, and third in power Yet no one there could tell him how The wise men stared upon the writing But none could read or make it known The king grew pale, the lords were shaken Confusion filled the royal hall Then the queen spoke of a man With understanding, light, and wisdom Daniel had explained such mysteries So Daniel was brought before the king Raise it high—the room goes still Fingers writing on the wall Babylon, where is your crown? Hear your king cry out aloud Gold and silver cannot see Wood and stone cannot hear you All your laughter dies tonight Who can read the words tonight? Purple robes and gold were offered Third in power if he could know Daniel said, Keep your gifts But I will make the writing known The Most High gave your predecessor Kingdom, greatness, glory, power Nations trembled before his throne Until his heart was lifted high Then his royal glory left him He was driven from mankind He lived among the beasts of earth Till he knew who rules on high But you knew all that came before you Still you would not humble your heart You raised yourself against the Lord And brought His holy vessels here You praised gods that cannot see Gods that cannot hear or know But not the God who holds your breath And every path on which you go Therefore came the hand before you Therefore was the writing made Mene—God has numbered your kingdom And brought its numbered days to end Tekel—you were weighed in balance And you were found wanting there Peres—now your realm is divided To Medes and Persians it is given Mene, Mene—days are done Tekel—weighed and wanting now Peres—kingdom split in two Medes and Persians take the crown Gold and silver could not see Wood and stone could never hear You knew all and bowed to none Now the numbered night is done That very night Belshazzar was slain Darius the Mede received the kingdom