Come Down (Lehonti)

Come Down — Lehonti By Brandon Poyfair Come down… Just a little… Come down… Lehonti stood up on the mountain High above the schemes of men Amalickiah called beneath him But Lehonti would not bend Three times the message reached him Three times he told him no Cause righteous men can smell the poison Before the poison shows But Amalickiah kept talking Smooth as desert rain And compromise don’t sound like evil When it whispers your name Come down… Just a little You ain’t gotta fall all at once Come down… Just a step now That’s how kingdoms come undone Strong men rarely lose their way In one night or one breath It’s always little by little Till there’s poison in what’s left So Lehonti came down lower Just enough to hear him out Didn’t know the devil loves To work in smaller doubts One step turned into another One road became a chain And poison by degrees Ran slowly through his veins Amalickiah climbed to power On the trust of better men Cause wolves don’t fear the righteous If they can wear them thin Come down… Just a little You ain’t gotta fall all at once Come down… Just a step now That’s how kingdoms come undone Strong men rarely lose their way In one night or one breath It’s always little by little Till there’s poison in what’s left Maybe you’re still standing Where the air is clean and cold Maybe something whispers “You don’t gotta hold so close” Funny how destruction Rarely kicks the front door in It just talks you off the mountain One compromise at a time again Come down… Just a little That’s the lie that never ends Come down… Just enough now Till you barely know the ground You’re standing on again Strong men rarely shatter All at once in sudden death It’s always little by little Till there’s poison in what’s left Come down… Just a little… Come down…