TobyMac – I’m Sorry (a lament)

We started out strong But somewhere along We lost our way Done things in Your name I’m so ashamed I don’t have the words to say We’ve killed and destroyed Stolen and blamed All in Your name You told us to give Told us to love But we chose to take You laid down Your life Put power aside Showed us The Way and The Truth We roll into church Open the Word And forget that we’re called to include Now it’s long overdue But I can’t dilute what we’ve seemed to put on the shelf I can’t speak for us all But I gotta believe I’m speaking for more than myself, when I say   I’m sorry, I’m sorry I’m sorry, so sorry I’m sorry, I’m sorry I’m sorry, so sorry   We say that we’re one But we’re broken up By anything that can divide Our color of skin The clothes we’re in That valley is deep and wide We overlook the broken The homeless And discard the poor While we celebrate the rich and the beautiful With a wide-open door I’m sorry we’re nothing like You You chose to bare a cross We chose to give You parts of us And rarely the parts that cost Now it’s long overdue But I can’t dilute what we’ve seemed to put on the shelf I can’t speak for us all But I gotta believe I’m speaking for more than myself when I say   I’m sorry, I’m sorry I’m sorry, so sorry I’m sorry, I’m sorry I’m sorry, so sorry   Wake us up Wake us up Wake us up, Lord Wake us up Wake us up Wake us up   I’m sorry, I’m sorry I’m sorry, so sorry I’m sorry, I’m sorry I’m sorry, so sorry   Wake us up Wake us up Wake us up, Lord Wake us up Wake us up Wake us up