Let Conviction Grow

The TV screen flickers with images of cleft palates And distended bellies Everything in black and white Everything in slow motion And a young girl tugging at the threads of my conscience And tomorrow she'll be killed in a drone strike Paid for by my tax dollars Or added to the menu at a seedy motel Frequented by American businessmen To be used and discarded Oh, I can feel the cold wind blow It's been coming through the windows at night And I know you're out there all alone And I can feel the cold wind blow I've been having trouble sleeping at night 'Cause I know you won't be going home Oh, we've been sinking slow into apathy It's a product of prosperity We've been sinking slow Oh, I can feel the dawn of a reckoning We will have to answer for everything Everything we've done Oh, I can feel the cold wind blow It's been coming through the windows at night And I know you're out there all alone And I can feel the cold wind blow I've been having trouble sleeping at night 'Cause I know you won't be going home Let conviction grow Let compassion show Chariot swing low Oh God, let your mercy flow Flow Oh, I can feel the cold wind blow It's been coming through the windows at night And I know you're out there all alone And I can feel the cold wind blow I've been having trouble sleeping at night 'Cause I know you won't be going home 'Cause I know you won't be going home Let conviction grow Let compassion show Chariot swing low