How long how long how long how long
Treacherous impatience
My heart is stuck
This question
Like claws deeply sunk into tender flesh
You have forgotten
You are hiding
All day long
I am talking to myself
Mine the only voice I hear
My words are sorrow
My heart heavy
I look out
Around me
All I see are enemies
Ignorance, hatred, racism, injustice
Ruling the world
Demons that possess
And then silence
Do I hear you?

Look away from this examination
Of all that surrounds you
Stop suffocating your heart
I have rescued the world

Grant the jewel of your precious light
Your energy to our bodies
Your spirit to our work
Live and dwell in us
All of it we offer up
These enemies will fade as you prevail
You allow us to remain
Steadfast, unshaken
Steadfast, unshaken
Our heart filled with song
Of salvation
Your love