Save Us (hannah’s child)

Save us from this world we’re living in
Stop this madness of death
Save us from our blindness to your ways

Save us from this world we’re living in
Stop the groanings of loss
Save us from our hard hearts to your ways

I bow before you in need
I’ve done wrong in thought and deed
For what I’ve done I should surely die

Save us from this world we’re living in
Stop this reign of pain
Save us from our war with your ways

You did no wrong
So you are the only one
Who is able to come into darkness
And carry us out

Save us oh King, save us oh King
Save us oh King, save us…

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Behind the song

Save Us is the song of my heart when I see the news and feel the hurt everywhere.  It is heavily influenced by the Psalms and a band called Sons of Korah, who sing the Psalms.  After touring with Sons of Korah, as their support act, I repetitively heard the emotional depth of the Psalms and never ceased to be stirred by it.

The Psalms seem to more accurately reflect people’s lives and feelings than anything I’ve heard elsewhere.  They’re real and they expose our grief and fear of living in the context of so much pain and tragedy.

But even more than this, an important part of “Save Us” is a complete acceptance of my personal part to play in the mess. It’s from this place that I ask, beg, plea with God to help rather than blame him for the carnage of our choices.