“Torching all my idols, burning them one by one.

Bleeding over the ashes, asking what is it I have done?

The job that looked so promising, the life I wanted to live,

All came pressing in on me, so I torch them one by one.

That toy I always wanted, the book I just must have,

all account for nothing, my soul is all that costs.

Today I cast my idols, I burn them one by one.

I ask the Lord to take them as I name them one by one.

As the idols fade away, there are some that I still I can not see,

Jesus says “I got this one”, and then he bleeds and dies for me.”

(c) 2009 Carl Holmes