Another bridge is used between the first and second verses; both verses use the same music with different lyrics.
These verses use similar, powerful naturalistic imagery to describe the Day of Judgment.
Nolland feels the verse is simply using it as a turn of phrase to describe the entire sacrifice ritual.
The verses use the same form of words to rhyme, but each verse has "its own identity through its musical color".
In addition, the first four verses (17:1-4) use a different form of the name Micah than the remainder of the text.
Curiously, this verse uses metaphors to challenge the use of indirect approaches to their subject.
Allegorical verse uses an extended metaphor to provide the framework for the whole work.
This verse uses the same word for the guards as those at the crucifixion introduced at Matthew 27:36.
The song's verses use rain as a metaphor for the difficult times people face.
For this performance he reinstated a verse about Peter Wells not used since the original demo.