L E P E R S Lyrics – Joshua Leventhal
All ye outcasts, undesiredCome to the Man who won't look awayAll ye lepers, brokenheartedCome to the One who can take your shame Just come be made cleanJust come be made…
All ye outcasts, undesiredCome to the Man who won't look awayAll ye lepers, brokenheartedCome to the One who can take your shame Just come be made cleanJust come be made…
How quickly I forgetThe weight held in Your scarsHow swift to separateMy fear from who You areHow easily I turnFrom Your beauty to my dustHow many times must IRe-settle into…
I think about JosephAnd the waiting he didKept his heart pure and for the first half of his lifeHe had nothing to show for itI think about SarahAnd the desert…
You're in the mess and the mendingYou're in the bruise and the bleedingAnd when I cannot even standYou sweep me up You're in the dry and the desertYou're in the…
You said You washed me whiter than the morning snowBut I'm caught up in the notion, I can't let it goIf I'm a new creation who still plays in the…
Glory weaved through sin-scarred earthLike veins of gold catching light through dirtBut all that's been made is tiredYeah all that's been made is tired Creation groans for the final dayFor…
No sparrow falls from heaven outside Your sight or careHow much more my worth than they You saidYou have promised we'll know suffering, but no fear, You've overcomeThat for those…
There's a Man who's been hanging round tombsAnd the whole town don't know what to thinkSee, He talks to the dead, tells them to riseAnd they rise just like they…
You who call us sons and daughtersBid us to the table nowDo we fully know Who calls usHave we truly seen the crown Heir of earth and infinitePerfect in Your Father's willYou are giving…
Vapor is a sirenCome to snare this sailor's faithIts vow hollow desireBut it dissolves as a wraith But I want substanceI want soilI want grain wrought from the toilI want…
I've been mixing my metaphors when it comes to You'Cause I'm a son, I'm a bride, the acquitted, and the accusedAnd I know those last two are the other way…