Desperation, Part Iv Lyrics - Singles - Redemption

[m/l van Dyk] 

Johnny knows why he was spared in Vietnam 

God has a purpose for his sacrifice 

Johnny knows David thinks it all will fall on him 

But the message is clear and he knows he has a purpose 

The writer descends into the heart of the mine 

Down to the bottom of the well of souls 

Falling through darkness, bloodied and broken 

He spreads the explosives as death takes hold 

Johnny stands a final time as his life slips away 

Tak screams in anger and commands that he stop 

But the heart of the unformed can no longer sway him 

And he finishes his life's last task 

God can be everything, God can be cruel 

Sometimes He makes us live 

Carrying a burden for thirty three years 

They are no longer his sins to forgive 

With the smoke of the ini rising up in the sky 

Destroyed by the power of daylight 

The four survivors leave the nightmare behind them 

And head toward the open highway 

In the back of the car sits a folder of photos 

Materializ4ed out of nowhere 

The handwritten label says they're from David's school 

But the writing is in Johnny's hand 

Two different lives. somehow intertwined 

Two vantage points of a parallax view 

Heaven and Earth, somehow connected 

Giving a glimpse of the eternal truth 

As he opened the folder, and pulls out the picture 

Young David Carver's astonished 

The picture's of Johnny and David's dead sister 

Although they have never met 

In the picture they're standing on the very street 

Where David's friend Brian lay dying in his arms 

Written at their feet, are the words First John 4/8 

And Mary asks David what it means. 

God is Love 

God can be everything, God can be cruel 

Sometimes He makes us live 

Carrying a burden for thirty three years 

They are no longer his sins to forgive 

God can be everything, God can be cruel 

Sometimes He makes us live 

Carrying a burden for thirty three years 

They are no longer his sins to forgive