Plot
After Mary passes to the other side, the Archangel assigns her to watch and protect her son, Maurice, as his guardian angel, proving to be a bigger challenge than when she was alive. Mary's promotion through the pearly gates of heaven hangs on her son graduating college... but he is 2 points away from scholarship qualification.
Plot
It is said that when the devil wishes to take a mortal soul, he'll walk the earth in the guise of a child for they are pure of heart. However, he can only inhabit the body of a child for a short time. A young boy has been possessed so as to capture a young, beautiful girl. But God knows of this evil and sends a protector, an unlikely angel to watch over her. The angel has already gotten to her and taken her into hiding. The girl's lover thinks she's been kidnapped, and goes looking for her. The lover literally searches the ends of the earth, the possessed child follows in the hopes that the lover will lead him to his quarry. When the lover and child catch up to the angel and the girl, too much time has passed...
Keywords: angel, archangel, devil, innocence, lucifer, reference-to-satan, the-devil
Angels aren't always what they seem.
Plot
Simon and Mark live together in London. When Mark dies of AIDS, Simon gets on with his life rather quickly, too quickly to suit the ghost of Mark, who reappears to disrupt Simon's cruising and then moves back into their flat to prompt Simon to experience and express feelings. Simon is adamant that feelings, especially love, are not for him. Subplots develop as Mark and Simon observe their neighbor Siobhan's love life and as Simon spends his days as a satellite-TV installer partnered with Dogger, a homophobe ignorant that Simon is gay. Is there any key that can unlock Simon's feelings and allow Mark to rest in peace?
Keywords: abstinence, afterlife, aids, aids-memorial-quilt, angel, answering-machine, bachelor, backstage, bar, beer
Plot
The carpenter, Jesus of Nazareth, tormented by the temptations of demons, the guilt of making crosses for the Romans, pity for men and the world, and the constant call of God, sets out to find what God wills for Him. But as His mission nears fulfillment, He must face the greatest temptation; the normal life of a good man. Based, not on the Gospels, but on Nikos Kazantzakis' novel of the same name.
Keywords: 1st-century, alternate-history, ancient-rome, angel, anger, anguish, apostle, baptist, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage
Judas: I struggle, you collaborate.
Judas: What's good for man isn't good for God!
Jesus: You think God belongs only to you? He doesn't. God is an immortal spirit who belongs to everybody, to the whole world. You think you're special? God is not an Israelite.
[after Lazarus has been resurrected]::Saul: How do you feel?::Lazarus: I like the light.::Saul: What was it like? Which is better: Death, or life?::Lazarus: I was a little surprised... wasn't that much difference.::[pause]::Saul: Give me your hand.::[stabs him]
Jesus: Brothers, my old friends! Listen to me! It's me the prophets preached about. God talked to me in the desert; he gave me a secret and told me to bring it to you. Didn't you hear me coming? I ran here to Nazareth, where I grew up, to bring you the news. The word of God is here now.::Voice in Crowd: You work miracles. Make a miracle for us. Make us believe in you. Otherwise, go away.::Jesus: The Messiah doesn't need miracles. He is the miracle. Now he's here. Are you ready for me? I'm here to tear down everything around you, and you know what I'm going to replace it with? Something new: God. The World of God. So take your bread and give it to the poor. What difference does it matter what you own? You have gold and silver? It's going to rot, and that rot is going to eat away your heart. All of you! There will be a flood, and there will be a fire. Everything will be destroyed. But there will be a new ark riding on that fire, and I hold the keys and I open the door, and I decide who goes in and who doesn't. You're my brothers from Nazareth, and you're the first I invite on the ark. Don't wait. Don't waste your life. Come with me.
Jesus: If I could touch every stone, if I could breathe on every branch, they'd get up and follow me. So what's wrong with you?
Jesus: Today and tomorrow I cast out demons and work cures. On the third day, I will be perfected.
Jesus: Judas, my brother, I have something to tell you. I have a terrible secret from God. You know why I came to Jerusalem?::Judas: Yes. This is where the revolution is going to begin.::Jesus: Last night, Isaiah came to me. He had a prophecy, I saw it written. It said, "He has borne our faults; he was wounded for our transgressions, yet he opened now his mouth. Despised and rejected by all, he went forward without resisting, like a lamb led to the slaughter."::Judas: I don't understand.::Jesus: Judas, I am the lamb. I'm the one who's going to do.::Judas: Die? You mean you're not the Messiah?::Jesus: I Am.::Judas: That can't be. If you're the Messiah, why do you have to die?::Jesus: Listen, at first, I didn't understand myself...::Judas: No, *you* listen. Every day, you have a different plan. First it's love, then the ax, and now you have to die. What good could that do?::Jesus: God only talks to me a little at a time and tells me as much as I need to know.::Judas: We need you alive!::Jesus: Now I finally understand! All my life-all my life, I've been followed by voices, by footsteps, by shadows. And do you know what that shadow is? The cross. I have to die on the cross, and I have to die willingly. We have to go back to the temple.::Judas: And after you die on the cross, what happens then?::Jesus: I come back to judge the living and the dead.
Jesus: I wish there was another way, but there isn't. I have to die on the cross.::Judas: I won't let you die.::Jesus: You don't have a choice. Neither do I. Remember, we're bringing God and man together. They'll never be together unless I die. I'm the sacrifice... Forget everything else, understand that.
[last lines]::Jesus: It is accomplished!
Plot
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
Keywords: african-american, based-on-novel, based-on-play, based-on-the-bible, black-cast, color-in-title, pulitzer-prize-source, reference-to-god, religion
Gabriel: Gangway for the lord god, Jehovah!
Plot
God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist. During a plague, Faust despairs and burns his books after failing to stop death; Satan sends Mephisto to tempt Faust, first with insight into treating the plague and then with a day's return to youth. Mephisto is clever, timing the end of this 24 hours as Faust embraces the beautiful Duchess of Parma. Faust trades his soul for youth. Some time later, he's bored, and demands on Easter Sunday that Mephisto take him home. Faust promptly sees and falls in love with the beautiful Gretchen, whose liaison with him brings her dishonor. Is there redemption? Who wins the wager?
Keywords: based-on-play, character-name-in-title, darkness, deal-with-the-devil, death, debauchery, devil, faust, good-versus-evil, light
Angel, just tell me that you'll never leave, understand
Though I know it can't always be the way we planned
I don't think about tomorrow, I just thank God you're my angel
Angel, you saved my life and I was suddenly free, I don't know
How you came like an archangel, but now it's just you and me
I was running scared for much too long till you put me back on straight
Archangel, God knows what I'd do without you my angel
Never leave me, always love me like an angel, archangel
Tears drop like diamonds from your golden eyes
Weep for me archangel and wash away the lies
I've run with demons much too long, now take me to your breast, angel
I've been without you much too long, now I thank God you're mine
Archangel, God knows what I'd do without you my angel
Never leave me, always love me like an angel, archangel
Archangel, archangel, archangel
(Schuldiner / Krull)
And there was war in heaven
Michael and his angels
Fought against the dragon
(And) the dragon fought, and his angels
And he prevailed not
Neither was their place
Found anymore
In heaven
Archangel
And the (great) dragon was cast out
That old serpent
Called the devil and satan
Which deceiveth the whole world
Therefore rejoice
Ye heavens !
And ye that dwell
With them
Archangel
Woe to the inhabiters
Of the earth and of the sea
For devil is come into you
Unto you, having great wrath
Having great wrath
Because he knoweth
That he hath
But a short time... to reign on earth
Archangel
I've spent my sentence below,
I've skinny dipped in the Styx.
I've had my fun with your minds,
I broke it off at the wrist.
I've held this blood, held my tongue
Till I was rotting and stripped.
I've gotten bored with the gun,
I'm even over the fist.
I have no heaven to pay,
I have no hell to resist.
I'd say salvation's at bey,
Repent is not on my list.
Are you recieving my call,
Said are you getting the gist?
So pin your heart to the wall,
Run screaming into the mist.
What is it, sex that you seek?
Have you come to the right place.
Prefer it all over me, or like it back
in your face?
You could be jaded by now,
if not the time that you waste.
Your hesitation betrays,
To late you'll find you're replaced.
When will you learn from your flaws,
Hope it's before you're erased.
Choking on bullets gets old,
once you get used to the taste.
Archangel
Go
Heaven sends me here to you
And if a-you fear you've reason to
Open up all seven seals
The beast is come to claim the youth
Archangel
Archangel
Defiant brood
Defiant brood
I call on you
Casted down my bretheren
Rebels from authority
Power, pride, contempt and lust
All these things I give to you
Archangel
Archangel
Defiant brood
Defiant brood
I call on you
I am not your son of God
The prince of light will show no fear
Mine is that which rules this world
The beast is come, I am the end
Archangel
Archangel
And when they cast out the brood
For the sin of pride misused
And when they cast down to Hell
Fucking brood
Archangel
Archangel
Heaven sends me here to you
And if a-you fear you've reason to
Open up all seven seals
The beast is come to claim the youth
Archangel
Archangel
Archangel
Archangel
Go
Archangel
Again and again I fall into your arms
Your embrace; my only true home
My sanctuary from the cold outside
Your embrace; my only destiny
Archangel, come spread your wings around me
Give me air to breathe and tears to shed
Archangel, come spread your wings around me
Give me air to breathe and tears to shed
Feed me lies of hope; words so bittersweet
Save me from myself and the agony within
Archangel, come spread your wings around me
Cure my fever, heal my longing, everlasting
For this world, was not created for you and me
All love's lost children
Behind us... forgotten
Youth lies broken
Upon the wheel of the machine
Each time we kill their song
Time feeds our memories
We travel through past lives
We are angels
Part devil in disguise
We sow the seeds of our own demise
All love's lost children
Inside us... forgotten
You must open
As the flower greets the sun
To sing their praise with your song
If you turn a blind eye
To the needs of a child innner vision
Then you might just find
That the love you denied will desert you
How long will we sing this song ?
How long must we carry on ?
You can break their will
But they never ever will respect you
If you abuse their bodies
They will never come to love you
How long will we sing this song ?
you're as the driven snow
the great masters, they hail beside you
crowns anoint your brow
the wild autumns create your halo
you dwell with archangels
i am as poor as any
you are invincible
i am in awe
rest can't help you now
or the scared creature that waits inside you
put down the twisting spires
your flame shatters my darkest hours
you dwell with archangels
i am as poor as any
you are invincible
Hey Gabriel, how do u feel today?
Are your wings tired,
Can you see your shadow,
On the souls of the human race?
There must be something inside of me
I see you shining
Ah.......Archangel
It gets a little funky Michael
How do u feel today?
And Uriel and Raphael
You shine the light for me to find the way
There must be something inside of me
I see you smiling
Ah.......Archangel
Michael, can you hear me now and
Gabriel, you show me how and
Raphael, inside of me and
Uriel, you help me, help me see..... you help me see
Spoken:
You walk through my thoughts
I have studied but not well
As I'm sure you can tell
And forgot most of what you taught
All those signals I never bought
Yet you have been unsung
And His will has not been done
You show us yet again so we might remember
Inside the distant ember
Of the Faith we once knew
And we thank you, we thank you
How many lost in battle?
How many were not there?
How many tongues were silenced?
How many did not care?
And when the battle's over
How many to ordain?
We cannot help you fight them
Engel
Silence
To hear once more
Her footsteps
Down a shadowed corridor
Frightened
You're overdue
The darkest day
Goes on until it's blessed by you
Archangel risin' on the moon
Just to save me from this tomb
I'll cry the tears of time all day
'Til she wipes them all away
Outside my window
On silver druppets children play
I stand here waiting
The dying of an ageless day
Dismiss young couples
Who go home to their knowing bed
And watch the rooftops
Where silent shadows slowly spread
Sleeping their dreamless sleep
They'll never know
What secrets this room keeps
They'll wait when
I'm born again
The rent's been paid
So hurry
Carry me away
Archangel risin' on the moon
Just to save me from this tomb
I'll cry the tears of time all day
In the cold winters night, lightning flashes bright.
He builds and preparing for the fight.
Frankenstein, birthed by lightning.
Frankenstein, made by man.
Devil's construction, man's creation.
Flip the switch, here it comes.
I can here the thunder through my ear drums.
All of a sudden daylight came,
Not my fault, God's to blame.
No I wont give up he's my...
Frankenstein, birthed by lightning.
Frankenstein, made by man.
Devil's construction, man's creation.
Buildings fall, planes will crash,
At the helm of worlds end.
Millions die and scream "why?",
At the helm of worlds end.
Your God is gone, death takes over,
At the helm of world's end
(guitar solo)
At the helm of (x2)
Holding you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Loving you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Kissing you
Holding you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Loving you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Kissing you
Tell me I belong, tell me I belong, tell me I belong
Holding you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Loving you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Kissing you
Tell me I belong, tell me I belong, tell me I belong
Holding you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Loving you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Kissing you
Tell me I belong, tell me I belong, tell me I belong
Holding you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Loving you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Kissing you
Tell me I belong, tell me I belong, tell me I belong
Holding you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Loving you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Kissing you
Tell me I belong, tell me I belong, tell me I belong
It's not why I trust you, trust, if I trust you
If I trust you, if I trust you, if I trust you
If I trust you, if I trust you, if I trust you
If I trust you, trust
Tell me, I belong
Holding you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Loving you
Couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone
Kissing you
Tell me I belong, tell me I belong, tell me I belong