Vengeance Rising: The damnation

Let us now look upon, a situation from to learnJudas and the thief, one to heaven, one to burnNot too long ago, and in a land not far awayOne was saved one was lost, this is historyJudas was religious, stay away from that maskThe thief was truly guilty, and here is where it's atOnce you understand that, guilty before God all we areYou can receive forgiveness, in repentance at the crossJudas was never a true friend, just pushing his own glorySmiling in your face, stabbing you in the back, "doing this for God" is his storySitting on that paper throne, elevated oh so highWell now the match's been lit, later days to the empire of liesThe thief on the other hand knew a wrong from a rightDoing wrong much of the time and sometimes doing rightBut he recognized the truth when he spoke to Jesus ChristHis deeds had nothing to do with it, he'd never earn heaven as a rightThe damnation of Judas and the Salvation of the thiefAs for Judas in the scheme of things, as this point it's just a matter of timeHanging from the rope he spoke, the witness does not lieThe facts are in and the veredicts out - and it cannot be deniedHe sealed his fate with and act of friendship - betrayer - no friend of mineThe thief in the situation, knowing he deserved to dieCalled out to Immanuel, Lord remember II come to you, with nothing more than the wretched man I amGuilty in my iniquities deserving only to be damnedIt's for your sins I am Crucified, the Spirit confirmed time and againThe thief in his pain had joy in his heart - forgiveness it was hisOn his way to heaven he still had to deal the situationUnderstand that you bring nothing in repentance which merits salvationThe damnation of Judas and the Salvation of the thief