Redemption Day

I wept for those who suffered alone
But how I weep for those who've gone
Into rooms of grief and question wrong
But keep on killing

It's in the soul to feel such things
But weak to watch without speaking
Oh, what mercy sadness brings
If God be willing

And there's a train that's heading straight
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, shouting men and women wait
They watch and wait for redemption day

Fire rages in the streets
And swallows everything it meets
It's just an image often seen on television

Come leaders, come you men of great
Let us see you pontificate
Your many virtues laid to waste
And we're not listening

And there's a train going straight
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, shouting men and women wait
Watch and wait for redemption day

What do you have for us today?
Throw us a bone, but save the plate
Oh, why you waited 'til so late?
Was there not all to excavate
No riches in trade for the fate
Of every person who died of hate?
Throw us a bone, you men of great

And there's a train that's heading straight
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, shouting men and women wait
Watch and wait for redemption day

It's buried in the countryside
Exploding in the shells of night
It's everywhere, a baby cries
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom