### [Verse 1 — warm, ancient, questioning] A question stood beside the fire And asked what none could see The elders answered one another And argued patiently One voice said, "This is what was given" Another said, "But why?" And somewhere in the oldest stories Someone asked God why ### [Chorus — growing] Ask the question. Don't hide it away. If truth is strong enough It doesn't need fear to stay. Ask the question. Let the answer wait. A question isn't disobedience Just because it won't behave. ### [Verse 2 — Abraham, Job, Jacob] Abraham stood before the Judge And asked if this was right Job demanded an explanation Through the longest night Jacob wrestled through the darkness And would not let it end The stories kept the questions Instead of burying them ### [Chorus] Ask the question. Don't hide it away. If truth is strong enough It doesn't need fear to stay. Ask the question. Let the answer wait. A question isn't disobedience Just because it won't behave. ### [Verse 3 — the question goes deeper] So I questioned what the teachers said I questioned what was written I questioned every interpretation And every word I'd been given Then I reached the question underneath The one I cannot lose: **Yahweh, do you exist?** And silence was the answer Because silence doesn't choose. ### [Bridge — increasingly bold] If I can question what you said Then I can question who you are. If I can question who you are I can question whether you are. And if I cannot ask that question— Then tell me honestly: **Was I ever given a question?** ### [Instrumental — spirited Hebrew folk dance] ### [Verse 4 — the 1Pasta test] Perhaps Yahweh exists. Perhaps Yahweh does not. Perhaps I've misunderstood the name. Perhaps I've misunderstood the thought. And if I am allowed to ask Whether Yahweh is real— Then surely I can ask another question: **Could Pasta be the deal?** ### [Chorus — joyful, almost mischievous] Ask the question! Don't nail it to the wall. Don't build a sacred fence around it And call that truth for all. Ask the question! Let every answer stand. If an idea cannot survive a question Maybe it wasn't strong enough to begin. ### [Bridge 2 — quieter] I don't need to know. I don't need to win. I don't need a voice from heaven To tell me where to begin. The question is enough. The question gets to stay. ### [Final Chorus — expansive Hebrew folk celebration] Ask the question! Let the question breathe! Question every answer Even answers you believe. Ask the question! Let certainty fall away. If Yahweh wants to answer— **Yahweh gets to answer.** But I still get to ask. ### [Outro — quiet] Yahweh... Do you exist? I'm still waiting. And I'm still asking.
