Before You God

Conceived in anger, born into a rage Raised by wolves who fed me on the injustice of the age My mother left me outside a stranger's door She heard a howling wind and could not refuse it anymore Before you God I am opening my heart I know you did not expect me, I'm a thief in the night Before you God I will leave the ninety-nine To find you in the darkness, I will not leave you behind I've spent so much, wondering where you are Hammers in my head heavy as a dying star My daughters carry the same fears that I do My son loses sleep every night looking for you Before you God I am opening my heart I know you did not expect me, I'm a thief in the night Before you God I will leave the ninety-nine To find you in the darkness, I will not leave you behind I am a temple with a fallen spire Your absence burns me like a lake of fire Cure for my fear of cancer is dripping down my throat I still believe in miracles God, even when you don't Before you God I will sing the exiles song I will bandage up your bruises by the shores of Babylon Before you God I am calling out your name Like a ghost upon the water I am coming back again