And Then Starts the Rain

I see your tragedies
I can feel your pain
I have heard your weeping
Witnessed your tears’ stains

I have seen your Savior bleed
I have seen your heroes fall
Long have I witnessed these
And know, now I hear the call

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I wield my sword
I bear my cross
I try to bring you home
Heal the pain and loss
Yet in my zealousy
Consuming jealousy
I’ve lost myself
And then starts the rain

I’ve felt the loss of faith
I’ve had the loss of heart
I know of isolation
Of being torn apart

I know your cry of anger
I hold your secret hate
I feel the burning fire
The defiance of fate

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And then starts the rain
And I stop
My burdens I lay aside
My pain I can forget
The world’s weight
Again I give to You
My heart can bleed again
The gentle wash
Melts the ice
Tears the stone
For the moment
I am forgiven
For the moment
All is gone save peace

I can feel your peace
I can hear your praise
A nation stands up again
Our hands again we raise
But still I know my hate
But still I feel my fate
But once sin is atoned
I know I’ll not be alone

But still there is the rain
Always the rain

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Thank you God for the rain