Holy Riot of Love

[Verse 1] They told us sit still Fold our hands, hush our mouths Pray in quiet corners Never speak the doubt But Your fire burned louder Than the rules they wrote So we lit our candles In the pews they owned [Chorus] This is our holy riot of love Hands raised higher than the hurt they throw We turn every curse into a blessing song We won’t fight hate, we’ll drown it in hope Oh, this is our holy riot of love Shouting grace till the walls fall down [Verse 2] They tried to chain mercy To a locked back room Sold Your name in whispers Draped it all in gloom But You walked with the broken On the dusty road So we break our silence For the hearts bowed low [Chorus] This is our holy riot of love Hands raised higher than the hurt they throw We turn every curse into a blessing song We won’t fight hate, we’ll drown it in hope Oh, this is our holy riot of love Shouting grace till the walls fall down [Bridge] We will not answer anger with anger (hey!) We will not mirror venom with spite We lift a hallelujah in danger Till darkness trembles at the light We will not trade our enemies’ weapons Forgetting whose image they bear We stand in wild, defiant compassion Heaven’s justice in our prayer [Chorus] This is our holy riot of love Hands raised higher than the hurt they throw We turn every curse into a blessing song We won’t fight hate, we’ll drown it in hope Oh, this is our holy riot of love Shouting grace till the walls fall down Oh, this is our holy riot of love Till every heart knows it’s found