All Else Failed Lyrics - All Else Failed - Zao

(A throne in Heaven sat empty for 33 years) 

Why? For what do we strive that will bring us closer 

No human deed will show us approved 

For two thousand years we've choked on our efforts 

Only to lay down and die 

Things change, and things stay the same 

Through all these trials I cannot compose myself 

Till there is a time no heaviness fills my heart 

I cannot compose myself 

So in all this, there must arise a plan 

A strategy to subdue the schemes 

For generation upon generation 

God retained a silence that shattered the hearts of men 

And for a season, all else failed 

There is no other name, given 

Among men whereby they might be saved 

In all these years when men crawled the earth choking on his tears 

No composure, nor completion reigned 

No self righteous cleansing 

Leaning on the strength of self or another man 

No human effort can bring holiness or even the strength to stand 

There is no explanation for this reasoning 

The only thing in life that is constant is Jesus