We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Pool of Siloam

from Siloam by The August Guns

/

about

Jn 9:1-11- As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” Some claimed that he was.

Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”

But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”

“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed,
and then I could see.”

Jn 9: 35-41-Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

“Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”

Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”

Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.

Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”

Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”

Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.

Jn 8:32- Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

lyrics

Spent my days in darkness with my hand upon the wall wandering half lit hopeless halls
I spent my nights in the same shadows as the day. Never know or behold until I heard Him speak

He told me go

Go to Siloam and wash your eyes
For from birth I’d been blind
That I might know that I might see
You will know the truth and the truth shall set you free

I saw my beggar hands. They were the autumn leaves
Shriveled and desperate and worn. Deeply in need
Who is this Man who makes me see?
Who is this Man that I might believe

He gives blind men epiphany
Lame legs mobility
Deaf ears sweet symphony
Dead men vitality

So I went to Siloam and washed my eyes
For from birth I’d been blind
And now I know and
now I see
Now I know the truth and the truth has set me free

Know the truth and the truth shall set you free

credits

from Siloam, released June 10, 2015

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The August Guns image

The August Guns Des Moines, Iowa

IA based The August Guns delivers a dynamic blend of alternative rock and post-hardcore full of off kilter rhythms, crushing instrumentation, and soaring vocals sure to appeal to fans of bands like Thrice, Emery, Thursday, and Senses Fail

contact / help

Contact The August Guns

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like The August Guns, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now