One day at a park
Satan met a man feeding birds
It was almost dark
But this man wasn't following the herd
He wasn't out partying, he wasn't at the bar
He wasn't speeding around town in a fancy sports car
He wasn't at a club, he wasn't taking a hit
In a city full of pleasure, all he did was sit.
So Satan sat with the man,
He begun a conversation.
Began telling him the wonders
Of the city of sinful sensations.
"I once was an angel," he said.
"I know all the ins and outs.
If you just put your cares to bed
These will remove all your doubts.
There's no happiness in living right
There's no joy in those books
The only love is in ecstasy tonight
And this true joy will keep you hooked."
Satan showed him all the wonders
Of the city after dark.
All the sex, all the drugs,
All the joy of the prodigal hearts.
"I was once an angel," Satan said.
"I know the lies of God.
Let me remind you of the true happiness
That so many of us laud."
Through all the Devil's lofty words,
The man remained silent.
He broke bread, kept feeding the birds,
Until the Devil fell quiet.
"Well," Satan said, "What's your decision?
Will you stay here with the false promises
Or come with me and carnal sensations?"
The man stayed still, brushed crumbs off his lap,
And opened his mouth to speak,
"If a sinner is what you're after
Than I am the man you seek."
The Devil rejoiced and extended his hand
But his hand the man did not take.
"I am a sinner, the worst in the land,
But those sins I did forsake.
You were once an angel, Satan,
You know the ways of heaven.
Here's some news for you, my brother,
I was once a demon.
I was bound by the chains of Hell
And scorched by the fires of regret
I tried to rise but each time I fell
I felt more sure my place was set."
"How doomed was I,
Or at least I thought so,
To be crushed by the jaws of iniquity.
But through the bars of my prison,
I saw a holy Light,
A Light that began to redeem me.
It crushed the chains, the shackles, the bars,
That held bound my weary soul
Removed the cords from my broken heart
And made my joy truly full.
The prison walls fell around me
And my fellow demons ran,
For what they fear most of all
Is the power of the Son of Man."
"I thought the gates of Hell were closed
But through the Light they were open
And I walked out of Hell a free man
But bruised, battered, and broken.
He took me in, healed all my wounds,
But the scars of them still remain,
To remind me of sins to which I was bound
And to always keep clear of their stains."
The Devil stepped back, stunned to silence,
As the man fed birds again.
"You may have been an angel once," said he
'But I won't ever become a demon.
When I fall down, I know there's a Light
To wash away my pain
So try as you like, fallen brother of mine,
Never again will I take your chains."
The Devil withdrew, gnashing his teeth,
And cried, "I will never stop fighting."
"Neither will I," the man replied calmly,
"There will always be Light to fight with."
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