Can I Say Nothing?
Can I Say Nothing?

I've walked the road of ignorance, claiming to know nothing at all;
I've hidden my convictions, betrayed my only hope,
But can I really say nothing? Nothing to
Hopelessness
Guilt
Fear
Oppression?
Can I really say nothing to people
Hurting
Bleeding
Dying
And yet still so full of venom?
Must everyone always be right?
Can't we even listen anymore?
I've kept silent long enough to have an opinion, or so I say,
But perhaps it will take another thousand years of listening.
Another thousand years while there is
Hurting
Hunger
Hopelessness
Death.
Or will you take another thousand years to die
While I compromise
And compromise
Till sacrifice means nothing
And blood has no power?
No, it is not my choice
To crumble or to avenge,
Merely to say
Jesus is the Way, Truth, Life.
He's given me strength.
Though I have fallen, the Lord is my light
My shield.
His blood will never lose its power.