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Incident

from Good Hearts by Mainframe

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It was the born again movement at the Word of Life Church
The bible school grad students went on a search
They took a one-way train down to the wild west sticks
Of the forgotten tribes, the year was 1986

Soon there was no destination, there was no place to go,
They were caught in the rain and the food was running low
An old lady found them huddled up under a bridge
She’d never seen this kind of people so far south of the ridge

5 brothers and 2 sisters cut a path through the hills
Uncharted backwoods land, the Spirit leads where he wills
Out from a turn in the road, bandits armed to the teeth
The brothers cried they had no money and that they came in peace.

The bandits pushed them round, tied them up, and loot their stuff
The Christians wouldn’t fight back though they were treated so rough
Brother Guo was so old but something rose up inside
As they moved toward the the girls, a lustful look in their eyes

How long can I hold back and stand aside
Watch at a distance while my hands are tied

He wouldn’t see those girls raped so then it all came back
His army training and his honor, and his kung fu attack
It’d been decades now since his body would bend
But his sisters sacred honor he’d protect and defend

A punch to the gut and then a knee to the chin
Elbow to the jaw and a kick with a spin
The bible man had come down for purposes divine
But wouldn’t now he use his skills for just such a time

With no malice in my heart my fists grow tight
How can I let the evil go without a fight

With no one to watch his back another bandit got the drop
Sliced his ear with a knife and rose again for a chop
Old Guo would not go down, or see his sisters come to harm
And with a twist of the wrist, the man was soon disarmed

He fought on in fury like a man on fire
Could not catch his breath but would not expire
All four bandits dropped their weapons and ran
Limping back into the dark woods from which they came

They arrived at the village and they patched him up
His hearing was gone, but he would never give up
The sisters later said it was a strength from above
The Spirit filled him as he struggled to defend in love

They went on to share light that had come
Of the Savior who delivers from the evil one

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from Good Hearts, released November 24, 2023

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