Freedom / Canticles (Remastered)

I can hear all the children scream, (Oh Lord above, please bless me with grace) As the machine gun echoes its roar, (Please shine all this pain away from my face) Each one falls silent, struck to the ground, (Don’t let the fires consume all of me) Each one with a wound, life torn down. (Don’t let the devil have his way with me) Cannons exhale as their thunder falls, (Oh Father forgive me for my mistakes) Structures both new and ancient collapse, (Please let Your angel carry me home) Flags lie draped, all crimson and torn, (Don’t let my sins eat the good in me) Faces pressed in the dirt, forlorn. (Please let Your Son’s peace shine on my soul) The sky turns dark, smoke veils the dawn, (Oh Lord, may the dreams in my heart live on) A voice declares, “We have come in peace,” (May the skies above shine with Your love) Yet crowds run down to the valley of thorns, (Please let me enter Your heart as my temple) Their hope in silence, broken, worn. (Please don’t let hell swallow me whole) Peace comes burning from fire’s breath, (Please forgive those who have sinned against me) Soldiers consume both spirit and flesh, (I will not hate, no grudge will I keep) Screams resound in the smoke and flame, (Give them the refuge only You give) All in the service of freedom in name. (And let Thy kingdom forever live) Innocence smeared across the streets, (O Lord, may Your grace endure through flame) The holy defiled, the sacred deceived, (Your justice eternal, Your love without shame) Babylon rises, cloaked in disguise, (Though kingdoms crumble and empires fall) Veiled in freedom, justice, and lies. (Your truth eternal shall outlast them all) Ohm (amen) ohm (Amem) Ohm (amen) ohm (Amem) Father (In your hands) Father (I commend) Love (My spirit) Paradise (I'll see you there) Amen