Unexpected King Lyrics

You didn't come in royal robes

Upon your head, no crown of gold.

The only callers at your birth

Smelled of sheep dung and the earth.

For those who dwelt in stately halls

Never heard the midnight call

But outcasts camping on a hill

Heard the sound and grew quite still

With eyes upturned, transfixed in fright

As blazing wings dispelled the night.

And heaven's herald gave the call

That you had come to save us all

For they had trusted kings and princes

And they had been let down

Maybe this unexpected king

Is what they needed now.

Still today, you come in silence

Unexpected, without violence

Gently knocking at the door

Of the seeker, rich or poor

But what a king, who comes to serve

And give us what we don't deserve--

A love that cost him everything

What a king, what a king!

Just like them, we live in shadows

Seeking desperately the light

Darkness hovers all around us

In what feels like endless night

We have trusted kings and princes

And they have let us down

Maybe this unexpected king

Is what we need right now.

Maybe this unexpected king

Is what we need right now.