**Title: Answers Unknown** **[Intro]** There’s a silence when the phone don’t ring And a weight no folded flag can bring Some wounds don’t bleed where eyes can see But they still bring strong men to their knees **[Chorus 1]** There’s a hole left in Heaven where an angel should be A chair left empty where a friend used to breathe If one hand reached sooner, one voice had known That angel might’ve made it back to his home Now the situation cuts deep, straight to the bone Leaving us here with questions and answers unknown **[Verse 1]** I guess, there’s really only, one place to start So, lets get to it and get right to the heart our friends are dying, leaving in the wrong way this shit’s gotta stop but what can we say We lost another brother bout 3 months ago now I do not know why he chose to take a bow I didn’t even know he'd been in so much pain nor the weight he carried, too much to sustain and I guess that’s all I’ll say about that! **[Chorus 2]** There’s a hole left in Heaven where an angel should be A name we still whisper where his laugh used to be If one truth broke through what he suffered alone That angel might’ve even had made it home Now every tear shed for him falls heavy as stone As we all are left here with answers unknown **[Verse 2]** As I see it, we have to find the core To keep this from happening anymore Everyone of these good souls left Leaving loved ones cold, lost and bereft unknown answers to questions not asked Hidden by smiles and shadows they cast Maybe the pain put up too good a fight Maybe the dark showed louder than light But that don’t mean we stop fighting this blight **[Chorus 3]** There’s a hole left in Heaven where an angel should be But the next one standing might still be reached With a hand held out and a voice on the phone Saying, I'm right here brother, don’t have to fight alone Mind, soul, and heart can still be shown The road back home from answers unknown **[Outro]** So look around close at the ones you love The quiet ones carrying more than enough Stretch out a hand when their eyes look tired Smother the flames for a soul caught on fire Know they'll swing hard when the help comes near That’s just the disease smoldering through the fear But sickness don’t leave just because we pray Sometimes patience, time, and love has to sit and stay So just don’t let them vanish beneath the night We can all be a candle, we can all be a light **[Prayer : SPOKEN]** Lord, be close to the brokenhearted, as Your word says in Psalm 34:18. Bind up the crushed in spirit and give them one more breath of hope. Place the right hand, the right voice, and the right mercy in their path. Let no wounded soul believe the darkness gets the final word.
