Why should You be like a stranger
Why should You be like a stranger in the Land?
Why should You be like a warrior who's walked away?
Like a traveller who's turned aside
Gone to rest for the night.
Yet You O Lord are in our midst
And we are called by Your Name
Lord Jesus... Have mercy on us.
Though our backslidings are many
Though we've sinned against You
Lord Jesus... Have mercy on us.
Why should You be so rejected in the land?
Like a messenger who's message we can't understand
Like a bridegroom without a bride
Because her passion just died...
Yet You O Lord are in our midst
And we are called by Your Name.
Lord Jesus... Have mercy on us.
For our being disconnected
For our ways that separate
Lord Jesus... Have mercy on us.
We are flooded now with idols in the Land
A nation worshipping what it has made with it's own hands.
Self obsessed, self made facade
Saying, 'there is no God'
Yet You O Lord are in our midst
And we are called by Your Name.
Lord Jesus... Have mercy on us.
For our building power structures
Celebrities we've loved to touch us
Lord Jesus... Have mercy on us.