La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
Looking down from the cross I'm nailed on,
seeing an angel with a blade shining bright,
getting slowly ready to strike the final blow (he says),
"When you come back - you'd better walk in the light"
Preparing to be struck by his wrath,
I lower my head and get ready to die,
suddenly he goes down with a painful cry,
and I see demons falling from the sky.
That is my dream of the apocalypse,
that is the nightmare, which takes my sleep,
the dream I fear most - the vision of death,
where I fail - my life to keep.
As I see them attacking my henchmen,
thousands of reasons come to my mind,
why evil spawns should try to free me,
as I realise I'm one of their kind.
The massacre goes on, the angels die,
one by one - killed by their hands,
but it is too late for me,
at last I die - the nightmare ends.
That is my dream of the apocalypse,
that is the nightmare, which takes my sleep,
the dream I fear most - the vision of death,
where I fail - my life to keep.