I’m Sorry (a lament)

I’m Sorry(a lament) - Tobymac

Lyrics by：Tommee Profitt/Toby McKeehan

Composed by：Tommee Profitt/Toby McKeehan

No no no

No no

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 seem to have 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

No no no

I'm sorry so sorry

No no no

I'm sorry I'm sorry

No no no

I'm sorry so sorry

No no no

We say that we're one

But we're broken up

By anything that can divide

Our color o' skin

The clothes we're in

That valley's deep and wide

We overlook the broken

The homeless

And discard the poor

While we celebrate the rich and beautiful

With a wide-open door

I'm sorry we're nothing like You

You chose to bear a Cross

We choose to give You parts of us

And rarely the parts that cost

Now it's long overdue

But I can't dilute

What we seem to have 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

No no no

I'm sorry so sorry

No no no

I'm sorry I'm sorry

No no no

I'm sorry so sorry

No no no

Wake us up wake us up wake us up Lord

Wake us up wake us up wake us up

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

No no no

I'm sorry so sorry

No no no

I'm sorry I'm sorry

No no no

I'm sorry so sorry

No no no

Wake us up wake us up wake us up

Wake us up wake us up wake us up Lord

Wake us up wake us up wake us up

Wake us up wake us up wake us up Lord

Blessed are the poor in spirit

For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven

Blessed are they that mourn

For they shall be comforted

Blessed are the meek

For they shall inherit the Earth

Blessed are they which hunger

And thirst for righteousness

For they shall be filled

Blessed are the merciful

For they shall obtain mercy

Blessed are the pure in heart

For they shall see God

Blessed are the peacemakers

For they shall be called the children of God

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake

For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven

Blessed are ye when men shall revile you

And persecute you and shall say

All manner of evil against you falsely for My sake