[Intro – distant piano] [Female, softly] Are you there? No... That's not what I mean. Are you listening? [Verse 1] I haven't prayed since I was seventeen I forgot the words somewhere along the way But tonight I'm sitting on the kitchen floor And I don't know who else to call So if there's something past the ceiling Past the satellites and stars If there's anyone still listening Here I am [Pre-Chorus] I don't need thunder I don't need a sign I just need to know I'm not talking to the night [Chorus] IF GOD COULD HEAR ME WOULD I HAVE TO SCREAM? WOULD HE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAITH AND NEED? IF GOD COULD HEAR ME WOULD HE ANSWER BACK? OR IS SILENCE JUST THE LANGUAGE OF SOMETHING I DON'T UNDERSTAND? I'M NOT ASKING FOR HEAVEN I'M JUST ASKING... ARE YOU THERE? [Verse 2] There's a mother in a waiting room Holding shoes too small to lose There's a soldier asking forgiveness For something he was told to do There's a child beneath a broken roof Who has never learned your name Tell me Do you hear them differently Because they don't know how to pray? [Pre-Chorus] I don't want an answer That makes suffering make sense Some things should never Make sense [Chorus] IF GOD COULD HEAR ME WOULD I HAVE TO SCREAM? WOULD HE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAITH AND NEED? IF GOD COULD HEAR ME WOULD HE ANSWER BACK? OR IS SILENCE JUST THE LANGUAGE OF SOMETHING I DON'T UNDERSTAND? I'M NOT ASKING FOR HEAVEN I'M JUST ASKING... ARE YOU THERE? [Instrumental – strings rise] [Bridge – Female] Maybe faith isn't knowing Maybe faith is asking when nobody replies Maybe doubt isn't betrayal Maybe questions are the only honest prayers I have tonight [Choir enters softly] [Choir] Kyrie... [Female] But if you made this heart... You knew it would break. If you gave me this voice... You knew I would use it. So listen! [Heavy guitars enter] LISTEN TO ME! [Breakdown] WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE HOSPITAL LIGHTS STAYED ON ALL NIGHT? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN WE BEGGED FOR ONE MORE BREATH? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DISAPPEARED? WHERE WERE YOU? [Silence] [Female, breaking] Where were you? [Soft choir] Here... [Female] Was that you? Or was that me needing an answer? [Pause] I don't know. [Final Chorus – Full Orchestra] IF GOD CAN HEAR ME HE CAN HEAR ME NOW! NOT BECAUSE I'M HOLY! NOT BECAUSE I BOW! HE CAN HEAR MY ANGER! HE CAN HEAR MY DOUBT! AND IF THERE REALLY IS A HEAVEN LET MY QUESTIONS SHAKE IT LOUD! I'M NOT ASKING FOR A MIRACLE! I'M NOT ASKING TO BE FREE! IF SOMETHING'S OUT THERE LISTENING... PLEASE... DON'T TURN AWAY FROM ME! [Choir] Kyrie... Kyrie... [Outro – Piano] [Female] I still don't know if you're there. But... I'll talk again tomorrow.
