The Bible: “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth” (Exodus 21:24, KJV), which Jesus quotes in the Sermon on the Mount — “Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth” (Matthew 5:38) — before setting it aside in the next verse.
But I feel that I’ve
Grown so fed up
With all of this fighting
All of this blaming
I guess I’ll just stop
God!
Help me do what’s right
Help me end this fight
That’s lost before its start
And on the darkest, on the darkest
Night
In the storming rain
Make believe it came
To wash away the blood
That’s dripping rivers from my heart
Eat into my mind
Devour my spirit
The deeper you bite
The less I feel it
For evil is weak
I’ll turn the other cheek
God!
Help me do what’s right
Help me end this fight
That’s lost before its start
And on the darkest, on the darkest
Night
Before all fades away
Tell me it’s okay
Just tear my chest apart
So I could
After “turn the other cheek”: “whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also” (Matthew 5:39, KJV).