Justice and Mercy

We can't be oblivious, we are not ignorant

Blood in our hearts and blood on our hands

We're human, we reason, we're breathing

Protecting the living and dying, surviving

We're trying to breathe in safety, come home safely

Mercy screams its violent love

Justice and mercy, justice and mercy

The depth of us created for

Justice and mercy, justice and mercy

This is where they kiss

Life here sacrificed, someone who paid the price

Blood in our hearts and blood on our hands

We cry out, we're fighting, it's warfare, we're dying

Believing we're winning, it's ending, we're singing

It's already done, we've overcome

Mercy screams its violent love

Justice and mercy, justice and mercy

The depth of us created for

Justice and mercy, justice and mercy

This is where they kiss

With a life on the line of fire

That consumes or refines the fire

To ascent or decline, to retreat or to climb

Out of sight, out of mind 'til attacked from behind

Will this fire resume or refine?

Mercy screams its violent love

Justice and mercy, justice and mercy

The depth of us created for

Justice and mercy, justice and mercy

This is where they kiss