If They're Not Counted, Count Me Out Lyrics - Singles - Being As An Ocean

There is such hope in the stories we've been told 

Recounted endless times by the aging and old 

Tales of peace, worship and holy places 

Palaces adorned with gold and lofty terraces 

But I'm always left with quiet dismay 

Cause I'm told that some of those I love won't be with me 

So I'm left behind in an eternal place 

Cause the ones who meant the most didn't receive Your grace 

They called it beautiful, but to me it holds nothing that is holy 

I can only know what I've seen 

And what I've seen is that You've made us clean 

Given us the right to be anything we want to be 

Why would You give me eyes to see and then deny me these? 

Eternity is a lock found inside our hearts and You've handed Humanity the key 

So I won't be swayed by fantasies of unquenchable flames 

Or some place of torment, the damned never to see Your face 

We are all Your creation 

You love us all the same 

A Father doesn't sit idly by while His children are maimed 

I've seen true Grace 

I promise you we will never feel the lick of those flames 

Where Death is your glory? 

Where Death is your sting? 

For we are all children of the King 

Every last one an eternal being 

So I'll reject your fear and hatred 

For I bring Good News that will be for all nations! 

I've seen wholeness in the broken 

I've seen health in the sick 

Why do we stifle the Word You've spoken? 

If it kills me, I'll tear these walls down brick by brick 

I've seen hospitality in the homeless 

I've seen Light in the darkness 

And I've seen hope in the damned 

So if all that has meant the most to me isn't present after my last breath 

Count me with the fallen sheep and send me to the depths 

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