Weeping for America

Every chance I get

I’m drowning in my falling tears

Can’t stop myself

Weeping even as the sky clears

The storm clouds boil

And my fears rage

Enemy screams and devours

Can’t seem to turn this page

Want to lift my eyes

Long to see the sun rise

Raise my voice in praise

But I’m distracted by deceiver’s lies

Watch the black and blue fall

Neither deserved this end

Wonder how this could’ve been different?

Crying to You as these knees bend

My hands bound by uncertainty

Know that I’m not a divine entity

And my answers are shallow

Weakened by my humanity

So in my impotence

I reach for the only one

That intimately peers into my soul

And mends this flesh and bone

On the horizon and coming into view

For beautiful America, Is this the end of days?

We’ve lost our way

Deeply divided and lost in hatred’s haze

And yet, there’s a quiet whisper

Echoing in His children’s prayerful pleas

Adopted children all singing a lovely chorus

Bringing hardest hearts to their knees

And you might ask what song they sing?

But you need a heart change to hear it

A desperate transformation is needed

There’s no need to fear it!

No reason to rage against brothers and sisters

Who like you long for freedom and peace

Trying to win the wrong battles again

We should instead ask for rain on this fleece

Yeah, the answers are just not easy

But we can have answers just the same

Our Lord and Savior longs to free us

Our chains melted away in eternal flame

Dear America rise up from your slumber

Adopted sons and daughters wake

Hear the battle cry of your Savior

Take up the chant for your future’s sake

There’s no more to say

And because calling’s crystal clear

Love one another as yourself

And there’ll be nothing left to fear

Again I cry out from the rooftops

America! There’s just one thing to do

Let your haughtiness turn to bent knees

Pledge your lives to the only God that loves you