Jonathan Vandenbroeck - The Priest lyrics

[Verse 1] I'm Peter van der Hold I'm 68 years old My doubts and questions have increased In 42 years of being a priest I'm at the end of my life I'm not sure if I'm gonna survive I often don't know what to say When I talk to Him when I pray In reply I receive Only silence, no relief I've waited in vain for a little advice From that great voice in the ethereal skies [Verse 2] Once I was revolutionary A devoted mercenary A gifted student in God's hands Now I'm old, and sick of his demands I tried to be honest and good Did my job the best I could But I always stayed that average man Right in the spot where I'll began During the grief, with which I've dealt Spent three decades since I've felt The certainty I so adored 'Bout the existence of the Lord [Chorus] I've seen enough, that's why I know God left this place, long, long time ago [Verse 3] I'll give him to my perish Things I don't have myself but cherish And namely love and charity Mostly purpose, that's what sets you free So I'm where the metaphors Are not comforting anymore I think I'm almost done with my search Got old so fast, here, in my church But feels as if I'm kept out Some sort of secret about The meaning of life sometimes Can't fail to notice these are mediocre times [Chorus] I've seen enough, that's why I know God left this place, long long time ago I've seen enough, that's why I know God left this place, long long time ago [Verse 4] And time has made me good at one thing And horrible at everything else The blessings of a world divine Were always elsewhere, were never mine Oh, I would like to hold someone Briefly, maybe, have some fun My body's hardly designed So I'm not really the hugging kind Not once has there been Someone with softer skin Who reached out for me in the middle of the night Cause my own lumpy mattress when I turn on the light [Verse 5] I think I've been miscast And the time of saints is pa**ed My faith is weak, last, but not least After 42 years of being a priest And the church is like a woman Thing out of reach like a vision She glimmers in the distance which I could never quite get Now I am left here with my regret [Chorus] I've seen enough, that's why I know God left this place, long, long time ago I've seen enough, that's why I know God left this place, long, long time ago I've seen enough, that's why I know God left this place, long, long time ago I've seen enough, that's why I know God left this place, long, long time ago [Outro] It's my portion, it's my cup It's my portion, it's my cup It's my portion, it's my cup It's my portion, it's my cup It's my portion, it's my cup It's my portion, it's my cup It's my portion, it's my cup It's my portion, it's my cup