Can worship and suffering co-exist? Can pain and praise inhabit the same space? Can we sing that God is good when life is not? When there are more questions than answers? The Bible says a resounding yes : these songs are called laments and they make up a massive portion of the Psalms.
We felt it was fitting to let you hear this lament we've written today as we prepare to play tonight in Manchester. We can't make the pain go away. We refuse to provide cheap, shallow answers. But hopefully this song can give us some vocabulary to bring our raw, open wounds before the wounded healer, who weeps with us in our distress. We pray that we can begin to raise a costly, honest and broken hallelujah. That is what it means to worship in Spirit and in Truth.
LYRICS:
Lord will You weep with me
I don't need answers all I need is to know that You care for me,
Hear my plea
Are you even listening?
Lord I will wrestle with Your heart, but I won't let You go
You know I believe
Help my unbelief
Yet I will praise You
yet I will sing of Your name
Here in the shadows, I'll lift up an offering of praise
What was true in the light is still true in the dark,
You're good and You're kind and You care for this heart
Lord I believe you weep with me
Part the seas
Lord make a way for me
Here in the midst of my lament I have faith yes I still believe
You love me
Your plans are to prosper me
You're working everything for good even when I can't see
You know I believe
Help my unbelief
Yet I will praise You
yet I will sing of Your name
Here in the shadows, I'll lift up an offering of praise
What was true in the light is still true in the dark,
You're good and You're kind and You care for this heart
Lord I believe you weep with me
Turn my lament into a love song
Turn my lament into an anthem
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