I Will Go and Do

Intro

(Single distorted guitar arpeggio, E minor, no drums)

Verse 1

My father said go back

My father said the Lord requires it

My brothers laughed

My brothers said he asks too much

I said

I will go and do

I did not say

I want to

I did not say

I am ready

I said

I will go and do

Verse 2

(Bass enters)

We tried it once with words

The man with the sword said no and sent us running

We tried it twice with gold

The man with the sword took the gold and tried to kill us

My brothers turned for home

My brothers said the Lord asks more than a man can give

And I stood in the dark outside the city

And I said it again

Chorus

(Kick and snare enter, restrained)

I will go and do

I will go and do the thing the Lord commanded

I do not know the way before me

I do not know what waits inside

I will go and do

Verse 3

I went in alone

I went in by the wall I knew when I was a boy

And the streets were quiet

And I found him

He was face down in the street

He was drunk

He was the most powerful man in the city

And he was face down in the street

His sword was at his side

And I drew it

And it was heavier than I thought it would be

Pre-Chorus — half-spoken, intimate

And the Spirit said

It is better that one should perish

Than that a nation should dwindle in unbelief

And I said no

And the Spirit said it again

And I said no

And the Spirit said it again

And I knew

I knew

Chorus

(Drums steady, no cymbals, almost military)

I will go and do

I will go and do the thing the Lord commanded

I do not know the way before me

I do not know what I will be

I will go and do

Bridge

(Drops to near-silence — bass, vocal, single sustained guitar drone)

I lifted it

I brought it down

I took the keys from his belt

I took the robe from his shoulders

I took the record

I took the record I was sent for

And I walked out

And I walked out a different man

Than the one who walked in

Final Chorus — modulation up to F minor, full distorted guitars and full kit enter

(Listeners, underneath the lead, lower: "I will go and do, I will go and do")

I will go and do

I have gone and done the thing the Lord commanded

I do not know the way before me

I do not know the way back home

I have gone and done

I will go and do

Outro

(Sustained F minor — never returns to E minor)

The record is mine

The record is mine

And I am not

I am not

The boy who left