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Jars Of Clay lyrics - Oh, My God

album: Good Monsters (2006)
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Oh my God, look around this place 
Your fingers reach around the bone 
you set the break and set the tone 
For flights of grace, and future falls 
In present pain all fools say, "Oh my God." 

Oh my God, why are we so afraid? 
We make it worse when we don't bleed 
There is no cure for our disease 
Turn a phrase and rise again 
Or fake your death and only tell your closest friends 
Oh My God 

Oh my God, can I complain? 
You take away my firm belief and graft my soul upon your grief 
Weddings, boats, and alibis 
All drift away, and a mother cries 

Liars and fools, sons and failures, theives will always say 
Lost and found, ailing wanderers, healers always say 
Whores and angels, men with problems, leavers always say 
Broken hearted, separated, orphans always say 
War creators, racial haters, preachers always say 
Distant fathers, fallen warriors, givers always say 
Pilgrim saints, lonely widows, users always say 
Fearful mothers, watchful doubters, Saviors always say 

Sometimes I can not forgive 
and these days mercy cuts so deep 
If the world was how it should be, maybe I could get some sleep 
While I lay, I'd dream we're better, scales were gone and faces lighter 
When we wake we hate our brother, we still move to hurt each other 
Sometimes I can close my eyes and all the fear the keeps me silent 
Falls below my heavy breathing, what makes me so badly bent? 
We all have a chance to murder, we all have the need for wonder 
We still want to be reminded that the pain is worth the thunder 

Sometimes when I lose my grip, I wonder what to make of heaven 
All the times I thought to reach up, all the times I had to give up 
Babies underneath their beds, in hospitals that cannot treat them 
All the wounds that money causes, all the comforts of cathedrals 
All the cries of thirsty children, this is our inheritance 
All the rage of watching mothers, this is our greatest offense 
Oh my God Oh my God Oh my God