Grace， Teach Us What We Lack - Being As An Ocean

Here I stand
High strung and alone
In the court of your lord's most forgotten son
Tell me witness
What's the difference between addiction to truth and conviction
The difference must lie in the actions
Spread across a person's life
Did it prove to be obsession
Compelled to condemn what they don't agree with
Endlessly driven toward the right
A creeping sickness afflicting the others' lives
With proclamations of derision and disgrace
Instead of offering an alternate way
You shot us in the foot before we'd even begun to race
Conviction stands as a guiding rudder
Through this world's turbulence
Storms
And thunder
The helm turns according the movements of our hearts
This vessel dives and darts
See conviction wells up inside
An imprint from above
Seeks to reject injustice and not to judge
Works to fix the things that are broken
Walks in humble regard to their fellow man
And never forgets that the greatest law is love
The difference must lie in the actions
Was it out of love or hate
Did it prove to be obsession
Looking at the walls you've made
When I fell down there was no regret
Just that lack of laughter
Plus my newfound debt
Be it freedom or a shortened spine
Us broken heathens have learned to lie to ourselves