The Messenger Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kungfuasaurus 

Cover art for The Messenger lyrics by Thrice

This is from Isaiah chapter 6. Which is in part:

5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."

6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
  And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

9 He said, "Go and tell this people:
   " 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
   be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'

10 Make the heart of this people calloused;
   make their ears dull
   and close their eyes. 
   Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
   hear with their ears,
   understand with their hearts,
   and turn and be healed."