O World

What star is over there? Up in the darkened sky That shines not for itself and whose light you can't ignore What man is in the desert telling of another Who will come after and who came before? Would a place so torn be a place to be born? O world You don't know who walks your streets O world With eyes open you can't see The presence of such royalty Have you seen him in the temple speaking with conviction And praying to his Father "thy will be done"? Have you seen him on the hillside among the crowds of people With compassion in his eyes? Oh, could he be the Son? Hosanna to the One through whom deliverance comes O world You don't know who walks your streets O world With eyes open you can't see The presence of such royalty Behold the Lamb who takes the sin Of the world upon Him What day is drawing near? What hour is upon us here? O, the birth of the divine in a place fit for swine You don't know who walks your streets O world What does it cost us to be free? O world With eyes open you can't see The presence of such royalty