[Verse 1 — Male] For the words we spoke in anger, For the words we never said, For the wounds we kept remembering, For the tears that no one read. For the times we turned away From those You placed within our care, For the love we should have given— Lord, have mercy. Hear our prayer. [Chorus — Male/Female] [Male] Kyrie eleison— [Female] Lord, have mercy. [Female] Christe eleison— [Male] Christ, have mercy. [Both] Kyrie eleison— Lord, have mercy. On our fathers, On our mothers, On our daughters, On our sons— Have mercy, Lord, And make us one. [Verse 2 — Female] For the vows we have not honored, For the patience we withheld, For the words that wounded deeply, For the pride we would not quell. For the times we stopped forgiving, For the distance we allowed, For the love we took for granted, For the promises we vowed— Lord, have mercy On our marriages. Teach us how To love again. [Chorus — Male/Female] [Female] Kyrie eleison— [Male] Lord, have mercy. [Male] Christe eleison— [Female] Christ, have mercy. [Both] Kyrie eleison— Lord, have mercy. Where forgiveness Has been buried, Where our hearts Have turned to stone— Have mercy, Lord. Bring Your children home. [Verse 3 — Male/Female Alternating] [Male] For the sins of generations, For the wounds that traveled down— [Female] For the anger we inherited And the mercy never found. [Male] Let the chain of hurt be broken; [Female] Let it end within us here. [Both] What was handed down in darkness What was handed down in darkness We surrender unto You. [Bridge — Overlapping Male/Female] [Male] For what our fathers Could not give— [Female — entering beneath] Kyrie eleison… [Female] For what our mothers Could not heal— [Male — entering beneath] Christe eleison… [Male] For what was done Before our time— [Female] Kyrie eleison… [Female] For what we carried From their wounds— [Male] Christe eleison… [Both] For what we have done With what we were given— Christ, Have mercy. [Break — Instruments Fall Away] [Verse 4 — Male, Personal Confession] Not only for the sins of others, Not only for the wounds I bear. I have failed the ones You've given me; I have sometimes not been there. I have spoken without kindness. I have guarded what was mine. Before I ask You To change another— Lord… Have mercy Upon me. [Female — Quiet Response] Kyrie eleison. [Final Prayer — Male/Female Building Through Counterpoint] [Male] Mercy for our fathers. [Female] Mercy for our mothers. [Male] Mercy for our marriages. [Female] Mercy for one another. [Male] Mercy for our children. [Female] Mercy for our homes. [Both] Mercy for the ones Who carry wounds That no one else has known. [Male] Kyrie eleison. [Female] Christe eleison. [Male] Begin Your mercy— [Female] Here. [Female] Begin forgiveness— [Male] Here. [Both] Begin with us. Begin with me. Begin with me. Kyrie eleison… Ah-men.
