# IF THE FATHER ABOVE CAN HEAR US [Intro] Father above, can You hear us down here? We're shouting at strangers while our children live in fear We say we love our neighbors, then we turn away Tell me, what are we building with the words we say? [Verse 1] There's a flag on the porch and a Bible on the stand There's a hard working father trying to feed his family by hand There's a widow with a photograph, a soldier's folded clothes There's a child who needs an answer that nobody really knows There are people in the pews who don't agree on every line People working honest jobs, running out of time Some pray in quiet rooms, some struggle to believe But everybody knows the pain of watching someone grieve And somewhere in the middle of the anger and the noise We forgot the human being behind the other voice We started counting enemies instead of counting blessings Started treating every difference like a permanent confession [Pre Chorus] If we are Your children If love is what we claim Why do we keep throwing stones At people with a different name? [Chorus] FATHER ABOVE, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? WE HAVE LOST OUR WAY, WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO LOOK INTO A STRANGER'S EYES AND SEE A HUMAN SOUL TO BUILD A COUNTRY TOGETHER INSTEAD OF BREAKING IT APART WE ARE NOT THE PARTY, WE ARE NOT THE FIGHT WE ARE FAMILIES TRYING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT If Your love can reach us, let it start right here Father above, help us see each other clear [Verse 2] We can love this nation and still ask hard questions We can hold our faith and still admit our imperfections We can honor those who served without pretending war is clean We can ask what every sacrifice means No president is eternal, no campaign is the truth entire No political victory can heal a child's fear A country is not rescued by a slogan shouted loud It's the choices we make when there isn't any crowd It's the hand that lifts a neighbor when the bills are overdue It's the courage to hear someone whose life is not like yours It's the veteran finding shelter, it's the hungry getting fed It's the promise that the living won't forget the dead And if we claim a Father who sees every human face Then mercy must be bigger than the borders of our place [Pre Chorus] If we are Your children If love is what we claim Why do we keep throwing stones At people with a different name? [Chorus] FATHER ABOVE, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? WE HAVE LOST OUR WAY, WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO LOOK INTO A STRANGER'S EYES AND SEE A HUMAN SOUL TO BUILD A COUNTRY TOGETHER INSTEAD OF BREAKING IT APART WE ARE NOT THE PARTY, WE ARE NOT THE FIGHT WE ARE FAMILIES TRYING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT If Your love can reach us, let it start right here Father above, help us see each other clear [Bridge] For the mother on the left For the father on the right For the soldier standing watch In the middle of the night For the child who hears us arguing And wonders what is true Let the first thing that we teach them be That love can make room for two We don't have to think alike We don't have to speak the same But no human being is disposable And no neighbor is a name [Choir and Soldier Chant] WE ARE YOUR CHILDREN! WE ARE STILL HERE! TEACH US TO LISTEN! TEACH US TO HEAR! ONE HUMAN FAMILY! MANY VOICES RISE! LET COMPASSION BE THE ANSWER! LET THE HATE SUBSIDE! [Final Chorus] FATHER ABOVE, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? LET US FIND OUR BETTER SELVES SOMEHOW LET US LOOK INTO A STRANGER'S EYES AND SEE A HUMAN SOUL LET US BUILD A COUNTRY THAT NO ONE HAS TO FACE ALONE WE ARE NOT THE PARTY, WE ARE NOT THE FIGHT WE ARE FAMILIES TRYING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT If Your love can reach us, let it start right here Father above, help us see each other clear [Outro] Different voices Different roads Different burdens Different homes One human family Under one wide sky Father above Teach us why Teach us why
