I recently heard it, it hasn't been long:
Where is the man who has never done wrong?
Is any man living who has no flaw,
Who doesn't feel guilty before the law?
That is the wisdom in which I trust:
May God show mercy before being just!
I hope that God in heaven will say:
Justice, my children, another day
Ask me about guilt! A horrible word!
We share guilt in everything, rest assured
We all must lower our heads in shame:
For the sins of one, we are all to blame
And when we saw innocence, blood was spilt
All we've got left is our shame and guilt
We've allowed evil and watched it take place
For evil's been done in every case
We have been wronged, but we've caused our own plight
And we all became killers that very night
Man's conscience is clear Man lives in the mud
And everyone's red to the elbows with blood
The laws are all made in our hearts, of course
But every one must be maintained by force
We stare at life through the eyes of a souse:
We have made this planet a slaughterhouse
Yes, we must recognize, mankind is small;
The justice of God puts fear in us all
Is anyone human who cannot see:
We need the Lord's mercy and leniency
I recently heard it, it hasn't been long:
Where is the man who has never done wrong?