Do you remember when the sky exploded
Do you remember the sick stench of rubble and skin
Do you remember the children left waiting in nurseries
Do you remember the funerals without a coffin
Do you remember the lingering fidgeting agitation
Do you remember the paralysis of nothing you can do
Do you remember Jesus saying, “Do unto others
As you would have them do unto you.”
Do you remember the heart of the nation crumble
Do you remember the rip in the lining of your soul
Do you remember the day fair could not be mended
Do you remember despair spiralling out of control
Do you remember the news men lost for words
Do you remember fiction blurring into what’s true
Do you remember Jesus saying, “Do unto others
As you would have them do unto you.”
And in vengeances vicious circle
In the perpetual cycle of hate
Someone has to stop the spinning wheel
Or everything’s gonna be too late
Jesus said, “Do unto others
As you would have them do unto you.”
That grace can blow holes in our waging of war
So that peace can squeeze through.
Do you remember nowhere left to run
Do you remember the long cast shadow of death
Do you remember the people falling, falling, falling
Do you remember the fear for your next breath
Do you remember the panic ‘neath the dust of hell
Do you remember the heroes trying to make it through
Do you remember Jesus saying, “Do unto others
As you would have them do unto you.”
And in vengeances vicious circle
In the perpetual cycle of hate
Someone has to stop the spinning wheel
Or everything’s gonna be too late
Jesus said, “Do unto others
As you would have them do unto you.”
That grace can blow holes in our waging of war
So that peace can squeeze through.
Comments