[Intro] Carry us home Carry us home When the road runs long Carry us home [Call 1] Leader: When the doors are shut behind us Response: Carry us home Leader: When the hills grow dark before us Response: Carry us home Leader: When our hearts are faint within us Response: Carry us home All: Lord of mercy, carry us home [Call 2] Leader: Not to the house we came from Response: Carry us home Leader: Not to the walls that fell Response: Carry us home Leader: To the city You have promised Response: Carry us home All: Lord of mercy, carry us home [Gathering] We have no lasting city here We seek the one to come Our hands may tremble on the road But hope has made us one [Call 3] Leader: Through the tears of our leaving Response: Carry us home Leader: Through the cold of our hiding Response: Carry us home Leader: Through the hands raised against us Response: Carry us home All: Lord of mercy, carry us home [Turn] There is a rest beyond the trouble There is a table yet to see There is a song beyond the sorrow There is a Lamb who makes us free [Final Calls] Leader: Till the morning breaks above us Response: Carry us home Leader: Till the trumpet wakes the valley Response: Carry us home Leader: Till the scattered stand together Response: Carry us home All: Lord of mercy, carry us home Lord of mercy, carry us home Carry us home
