Based on Past Events Lyrics

Dedicated to the pain, the shame, the broken things

The lame who walks again

I was slipping in the rain, the pavement met my face

Behold, I'm numb again

I'm expected to delay the grave that's dug for me

Deny my punishment

You're expected to be God, be there, beyond the skies

And still be here on earth

Everything I feel now, you felt it first

So do I have a right

To lay my complaint and say I'm scared of death

When you have lived and died

But I think you bled out so I don't see how evil things can get

Or maybe we're all going to drink a cup based on past events

There are people who've been hurt, hit and beaten up

Can we be for real

I always think about the Jew, abandoned, left to die

And how his wife must feel

The preacher tells us to believe

The Sunday morning word without food on our plate

While people struggle to be moved by Monday's breaking news

Disaster in their face

Everything I feel now, you felt it first

So do I have a right

To lay my complaint and say I'm scared of death

When you have lived and died

But I think you bled out so I don't see how evil things can get

Or maybe we're all going to drink a cup based on past events

I don't excuse myself, I'm guilty too

Sometimes I act a fool, so you won't be to blame

If ever you were to count me out for good

Oh, but fortunately you're incapable of

Going against your own word

So we all have to sit and watch as everyone gets a turn

So what if the Samaritan never showed up

What'd be there to say

We can't even get mad you let the thief in too

Because no one deserves your grace

But injustice hurts

The killing, stealing, lying

Monsters of men here

Raping children, warring nations, madness

When will it all end

I hear this is just the beginning Of darkness covering earth

Give us strength to drink your cup

And carry this light through to the end

Based on past events