Pardon Me, O My God - Anabaptist Martyr Hymns

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Traditional Hymns, Worship Hymns

A hymn written by Tieleman J. van Braght, a Dutch Mennonite elder who wrote the Martyrs' Mirror, a record of the lives of over 4,000 16th century Anabaptist-Mennonites who were tortured and died for their biblical beliefs, under the hands of both Roman Catholics and magisterial Protestants.
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Pardon me while I burst
Pardon me while I burst

A decade ago, I never thought I would be
At twenty-three on the verge of spontaneous combustion
Woe is me
But I guess that it comes with the territory
An ominous landscape of never-ending calamity
I need you to hear, I need you to see
That I have had all I can take
And exploding seems like a definite possibility to me.

So pardon me while I burst into flames.
I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games.
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame.
Pardon me, pardon me... They'll never be the same.

Not two days ago, I was having a look in a book
And I saw a picture of a guy fried up above his knees.
I said, "I can relate,"
'Cause lately I've been thinking of combustication
As a welcome vacation from
The burdens of the planet Earth
Like gravity, hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3-D
But thinking so much differently

Pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me. They'll never be the same

Never be the same… yeah

Pardon me while I burst into flames
Pardon me... Pardon me... Pardon me

So pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me... They'll never be the same

Pardon me...
Never be the same... yeah.