Look at the world today,
So much beauty, but so much pain
And anyway
Despite the forecast, here comes the rain.
To-do lists growing longer,
Despair growing stronger,
Don’t know if I can make another day,
And anyway
What is the good of it all?
My past always comes to call.
The sun rises and sets the same
On a wasteland that forgets my name.
So my cries fall on deaf ears,
No-one sees my tears,
Understands my deepest fears.
And anyway
The whole thing’s such a mess,
The shame, the hopelessness.
No way out – nevertheless:
A baby in a manger,
Born into grief and danger,
Rejected as a stranger;
But anyway
What kind of foolish rescue plan
Is that? Holy God becoming man?
Why would He want to save me,
After all the chances He gave me?
I just don’t understand.
He should have walked away.
But anyway
Emmanuel
Bursts into the broken space.
Tears, streaming down my face,
How can I accept this grace?
And anyway
If He really knew me
He would see right through me…
But anyway
He’s looking straight into my eyes,
No disgust and no surprise,
Steadily, with loving gaze.
And straight away
I glimpse the light of better days.
I take His hand,
My heart ablaze.
