When Goats Cry
BY VCG @ LOR ON 10/22/2025
Here is a Holy Parody titled “When Goats Cry”, reimagining Prince’s “When Doves Cry” through the lens of:
- righteous judgment
- spiritual deception
- final separation of the sheep and the goats—according to Matthew 25.
🎶 When Goats Cry
[Intro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
Look, if you will, the Scripture
Of you and sin locked in a kiss
The stains of iniquity cover thee
Can you, oh sinner, can you picture this?
[Verse 2]
Dream, if you can, the judgment
A valley of goats and sheep in rows
They tremble as the King appears
He sees the heart, the truth He knows
[Chorus]
How can you just stand there smirking
Blind in a world that's so dark? (So dark)
Maybe you loved your own wisdom
Maybe you followed your flesh too far
Maybe you scoffed at the warning
Never satisfied, chasing lies
Why did you harden your heart so?
This is what it sounds like
When goats cry 🐐
How can you just stand there smirking
Blind in a world that's so dark? (So dark)
Maybe you loved your own wisdom
Maybe you followed your flesh too far
Maybe you scoffed at the warning
Never satisfied, chasing lies
Why did you harden your heart so?
This is what it sounds like
When goats cry 🐐
[Verse 3]
Touch, if you will, the altar
Feel how it once called your name
You had the chance to be made whole
But pride—oh pride!—refused the flame
Touch, if you will, the altar
Feel how it once called your name
You had the chance to be made whole
But pride—oh pride!—refused the flame
[Chorus]
How could you just keep on sinning
Mocking the blood that was spilled? (It was spilled)
Maybe you thought He'd ignore you
Maybe you thought you'd escape His will
Maybe you never knew mercy
You were never satisfied (Never satisfied)
Why did you trample His offering?
This is what it sounds like
When goats cry 🐐
[Bridge]
Oh, oh no, depart from Me...
I never knew you—I never knew you...
Eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels...
This is what it sounds like—
When goats cry
Oh, oh no, depart from Me...
I never knew you—I never knew you...
Eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels...
This is what it sounds like—
When goats cry
[Outro]
When goats cry (When goats cry)
Don’t cry, it’s too late
You had grace... and let it die
When goats cry...
Depart... into outer darkness...
When goats cry (When goats cry)
Don’t cry, it’s too late
You had grace... and let it die
When goats cry...
Depart... into outer darkness...
📜 “And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.” – Matthew 25:33
📜 “These shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” – Matthew 25:46