Lost

The clang of garden gates behind me

The flame of the angel's sword, it blinds me

Stain from the fruit yet upon my face

A coat of skins hiding my disgrace

Run fast and hard before death finds me

Before death binds me

And death maligns me

The mind deceived by the serpent's hiss

The scars I bear from his unholy kiss

Go unnoticed in these crowded streets

Among well-scrubbed masses just like me

Unknowingly we march to the abyss

Ignorant bliss

Deadly ignorant bliss

Still inside my spirit thirsts

A groaning, a craving inside me stirs

I feed my lusts but my lusts leave a yearning

Nothing soothes my soul, I am learning

Is there no defender of us cursed?

For the sting of our curse

Grows only worse

Oh, for a redeemer to pay the price

Oh, for a hero to save my life

But my own heart of darkness thwarts my purpose

Deafens my ears to Love's sweet opus

The chasm between God and I

It is too wide

So I cry

They pass me by on either side

These Children of God with light in their eyes

Would that one stop and give me ease

My face rejects you, but my heart still pleads

For a taste of that glory that you hide

Don't deny

Please, don't deny

Saints and warriors, bearers of light

You know the bridge across the divide

Yet you ignore the the cries of these lost

Hoarding the mercy of Jesus' cross

Would you hold back what's freely given?

Would you bar the path to heaven?

Did you forget what Christ forgave you?

Did you brush off the mission He gave you?

Do you value His commands so lightly?

While holding comfort so dear and so tightly?

Sit safely inside your American dream

Over streets littered with the unredeemed

Who shall we send, who will go for us

Who will take up heaven's own cause

Who will run to the wounded and crying

Who will bind up the broken and dying

Who will hear the cry of the lost

And draw them from the grave to the foot of the cross