[Title: DEAR BROTHERS, I C U] [Intro – Female Spoken] Dear brothers— I C U. I felt your eyes before I saw your face. The whistle told me where you were looking. My eyes wanted to stick to the back of my head. I knew. Now I turn around. I C U. But I will not shame you. I turn the mirror— BUT NOT THE KNIFE. [Verse 1] I learned what this body could do. Run. Ride. Fight. Win. Then I learned what eyes could do. Some wandered. Some hands crossed boundaries. I've been drugged. Violated. Punched in the face. And yes— I FOUGHT BACK. But what somebody did to my body never made MY BODY THE SIN. [Chorus] DEAR BROTHERS— I C U! You looked at me— NOW LOOK AT YOU! Bring every thought to the obedience of Christ! SEVEN EYES OF THE LAMB— BRING IT TO THE LIGHT! I TURN THE MIRROR— BUT NOT THE KNIFE. I WILL NOT SHAME YOU. BE YE RECONCILED TO GOD! [Instrumental] [Verse 2 – Digital Street] Then came DIGITAL STREET. Same eyes. Different road. No whistle when I walked by— now you could stare through a screen. Eyes on the picture. Eyes on the shape. Eyes on the hour-glass. Following. Measuring. Imagining. Undressing me with your eyes— then turning around and trying to shame me FOR THE BODY YOU KEPT LOOKING AT. [Silence] No. I will not wear your gaze as my shame. And I will not make your shame my crown. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. THE HEART. That's where Jesus put it. Brother— your eyes belong to you. Bring the thought to Christ. [Breakdown – Female Spoken] And brothers— why have ye not asked my husband how he got a TROPHY WIFE? [Silence] You looked at the trophy. Now hear THE TESTIMONY. Trophy wife? Look again. GIFT. Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. Look deeper. RIB. The LORD God took one of his ribs, and made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. [Silence] Why stare at his wife and never ask THE HUSBAND what God did in him? He too has a testimony. Ask what Christ taught him. Ask what he forgave. Ask what I forgave. Ask how two wounded people learned to dance through storms. You saw the trophy. God was building A MARRIAGE. [Chorus] DEAR BROTHERS— I C U! Don't envy what you can see without asking what God did where you COULDN'T SEE. SEVEN EYES OF THE LAMB— EVERY GAZE. EVERY THOUGHT. BRING IT TO THE LIGHT! I TURN THE MIRROR— BUT NOT THE KNIFE. BROTHER— BE YE RECONCILED TO GOD! [Bridge] The Lamb stood having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. Bring the gaze. Bring the thought. Bring the secret. BRING IT TO CHRIST. No false guilt. No false innocence. THE TRUTH. I know what shame does. So I will not hand it to you. The mercy that found me is calling YOU. [Final Chorus] DEAR BROTHERS— I C U! THE HOUR-GLASS HAS SPOKEN! TIME'S UP FOR LOOKING AT ME! Not the trophy— THE GIFT. Not the object— THE RIB. Not Digital Street. Not the photograph. Not the hour-glass. Not the woman. Not the mirror. THE LAMB! I C U— AND I WILL NOT SHAME YOU. BE YE RECONCILED TO GOD! [Outro – Female Spoken] Brother— I turned the mirror so you could see. Now look past it. Past my body. Past his wife. Past our testimony. Every gaze. Every imagination. Every thought— captive to the obedience of Christ. I C U. Now— LOOK UNTO JESUS. JESUS IS THE LORD.
