VERSE 1
DOES YOUR KING WEAR A CROWN OF THORNS
OR DO YOU SERVE THE ONE WITH THE HORNS
WE ALL ARE DYING THE MOMENT WE ARE BORN
BETTER BE READY WHEN HE SOUNDS THE HORN

CHORUS
A DOOR IN FRONT OF ALL OF US TO ALWAYS AND TO NEVER
WHICH ONE WILL YOU OPEN UP WILL YOU LIVE INTO FOREVER
THE PATH IS OURS CAN YOU HALT STOP AND PULL THE LEVER
CLOSE THE GATE ON YOUR SINFUL THOUGHTS OR DIE INTO FOREVER
 

VERSER 2
TELL ME ARE YOU 100 PERCENT
WILL YOU BE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
IS YOUR SOUL STILL UP FOR RENT
WILL YOU PAY THE PRICE FOR YOUR DESCENT

CHORUS 
A DOOR IN FRONT OF ALL OF US TO ALWAYS AND TO NEVER 
WHICH ONE WILL YOU OPEN UP WILL YOU LIVE INTO FOREVER 
THE PATH IS OURS CAN YOU HALT STOP AND PULL THE LEVER 
CLOSE THE GATE ON YOUR SINFUL THOUGHTS OR DIE INTO FOREVER

SYNOPSIS
PULL THE LEVER IS A SONG THAT IS MEANT TO REMIND US ALL ONCE WE ACCEPT CHRIST INTO OUR HEARTS WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO REPENT AND WALK AWAY FROM OUR SINFUL LIFESTYLES.  TO BE A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST LITERALLY MEANS TO FOLLOW CHRIST, AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS BY DOING OUR BEST TO UNDERSTAND HOW HE LIVED AND THEN TO IMITATE HIS LIFESTYLE AS BEST AS WE CAN AND LEAVE OUR OLD LIFE IN THE PAST.  IN THIS SONG THE LEVER IS USED AS IMAGERY THAT THERE ARE ACTIONS TO TAKE ON OUR BEHALF AFTER WE ACCEPT CHRIST INTO OUR HEARTS.  IT IS NOT ABOUT PRAYING A PRAYER ONE TIME AND LIVING OUR LIFE HOWEVER WE WANT AFTER THAT POINT.  WE ARE TO TRULY BE BORN AGAIN AND OUR ACTIONS AND OUR LIVES SHOULD SHOWCASE THAT.

 


 

VERSE 1 
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA 
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA 
I JUST READ THE FINE PRINT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CARD OF THE 
RECEIPT I RECEIVED AND READ YOUR SOUL I'LL STEAL 
I THOUGHT THAT I WAS A PART OF 
SOMETHING SPECIAL SOMETHING REAL 
NEVER DID I THINK THAT I WAS IN THE HEART OF 
SOMETHING EVIL THE OBJECTIVE TO KILL 

CHORUS 1 AND 2 
I WAS TREATED AS ROYALTY 
UNTIL HE GOT WHAT HE COULD FROM ME 
THEN I I BECAME THE JESTER 
BOWED BEFORE A FALSE KING SEDUCED BY THE TRICKSTER
  

VERSE 2 
 HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA 
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA 
NOW I'M SURROUNDED BY WALLS OF FIRE 
HOW MUCH LONGER 'TIL THE TORMENTS END 
I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS MY FRIEND  
BUT THEN I GOT A RUDE AWAKENING 
I WENT AGAINST ALL MY BELIEFS AND  
I COMMITTED SO MUCH SIN 

 CHORUS 3 
I DON'T SEEK TO BE ROYALTY 
I WILL GET BACK WHAT YOU TOOK FROM ME 
I WILL NO LONGER BE THE JESTER 
I WILL SERVE THE TRUE KING AND FORGET THE TRICKSTER

SYNOPSIS
THE JESTER AND THE TRICKSTER IS A SONG THAT IS A WARNING, A CAUTIONARY TALE OF HOW EASY IT IS TO BE DECEIVED AND SEDUCED BY SOMEONE MASQUERADING AS A PERSON OF HOPE AND LIGHT.  WE MUST LOOK FURTHER BENEATH THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE AND DIVE DEEPER INTO A TEACHER’S OR INFLUENCER’S THEOLOGY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT BEING LED ASTRAY.  MANY WILL COME AND TRY TO SWAY YOU WITH WORLDLY TREASURES AND HAPPINESS BUT WE ARE TO LOOK BEYOND THESE TEMPORARY COMFORTS AND NOT HAVE OUR EARS TICKLED BY WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR .   INSTEAD IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO BE TOLD WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR AS WE ALL NEED CORRECTION FROM TIME TO TIME AND THE WORD OF GOD IS MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUCTION OF HOW TO LIVE OUR LIVES. 

VERSE 1
HE TOOK FROM ME ALL MY PAIN
LIKE A BROOM HE SWEPT AWAY
ALL OF MY GUILT I WAS CARRYING
WIPED AWAY THE TEARS YOU KNOW I'M BURYING
NOW I HAVE A BLANK SLATE
MY PATH TO CREATE
PLEASE LET ME BE THE CLAY
YOURS TO MOLD AND TO SHAPE

CHORUS
GONE ARE THE DARK AGES NOW I KNOW THE CURE FOR THE PLAGUE IS
LOVE FROM ABOVE FOR THE CONTAGIOUS NOW ONLY WHITE PAGES

VERSE 2
 WITH ME EVERY DECISION I MAKE
WITH ME WHEN I'M ASLEEP OR AWAKE
WITH ME WITH EVERY STEP THAT I TAKE
WITH ME WHEN I FINALLY BREAK
NOW THE FUTURE IS TODAY
BRAND NEW DREAM SAME OLD FAITH
GONE IS THE PAST YESTERDAY
BRAND NEW ME SAME OLD FACE

CHORUS 
GONE ARE THE DARK AGES NOW I KNOW THE CURE FOR THE PLAGUE IS 
LOVE FROM ABOVE FOR THE CONTAGIOUS NOW ONLY WHITE PAGES

SYNOPSIS
 WHITE PAGES IS AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ACCEPT CHRIST JESUS (YESHUA HAMASHIACH) INTO OUR LIVES, HOW WE HAVE A FRESH START AND HOW ALL OF OUR PAST SINS AND MISTAKES ARE ALL WIPED AWAY.  IF WE LOOK AT OUR LIFE AS A BOOK, THE CHAPTERS BEFORE WE MET CHRIST ARE STAINED WITH ALL OF OUR LUST, GREED, DISOBEDIENCE, ETC., AND ARE ERASED FROM THE BOOK OF OUR LIVES.   AND WHERE ONCE STOOD FILTHY PAGES WITH ALL OF OUR TRANSGRESSIONS IN THEIR PLACE ARE WHITE PAGES.  WE NOW HAVE A BLANK SLATE AND WE MUST MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS FRESH START AND CLING TO THE ONE WHO GAVE IT TO US.  WE DO THAT BY GETTING INTO HIS BOOK, HIS TEACHINGS AND BY CHANGING OUR LIVES ACCORDING TO HIS WORD.  CHRIST WAS A TEACHER AND WE MUST ALL BE OPEN TO BEING TAUGHT AND LET GO OF OUR OWN PRIDE OF HOW WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY LIVED AND THINKING THAT WE KNOW BEST.  THERE IS ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS BEST AND IF HIS TEACHINGS DIFFER FROM OUR LIVES IT IS US WHO NEED TO CHANGE.