Nightmare

Suppose you showed up Sunday

To sing songs to your Savior

And found the parking spaces

Filled with folks red-faced in anger

With homemade signs opining

Your children must be saved

'Cause your youth group leaders prey on them

And you feel afraid

Now the place you thought would still be safe

No longer feels like home

And you understand they don't believe

But why can't they just leave you alone?

Oh, have I ever had that nightmare

Where my heart keeps breaking, but I can't wake

And it's taking all I've got not to fight them

I'm down on my knees, crying out

"Please, Lord, release us"

We've surveyed your rugged cross

Don't do us like Jesus

Suppose some senators decide your worship is obscene?

All-ages Sunday service suddenly's a felony

And you're not sure if it's safe to wear a cross or pause to pray

Do you teach your kids in secret?

Do you tell them to be brave?

Will you risk losing your children

To expose them to the faith?

Do you cry and pace in anger?

Do you plead Amazing Grace?

Oh, have I ever had that nightmare

Where my heart keeps breaking, but I can't wake

And it's taking all I've got not to fight them

I'm down on my knees, crying out

"Please, Lord, release us"

We've surveyed your rugged cross

Don't do us like Jesus

There's gotta be a way where we can all be free

I promise not to tread on you

If you don't tread on me

Can you wake me from this nightmare?

Can you wake me from this, wake me from this nightmare?

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