Derek's Lament

Well I'm so far away from home
The first thing I see when I close my eyes
Is O'Connell Street yes
Where it bridges across the Liffey River

When I feel I'm along
I set myself under those deep Irish Skies
And it's ever so sweet to know
That someday my home will be delivered

And it's all about survival
Yes it's all about God's people
Making way down through the rubble
What's right and what's wrong

Yes it's all about revival
Wash the blood down from the steeples
And it's all about the struggle
That carries on

It's a battle of hearts with emotional weapons
That draw much more than blood
Yes they pierce the soul and leave you empty
With too much life to learn

It will tear you apart
It can be so frustrating to fight the flood
Yes to plug up the hole and stop the water
So that the tide might turn

You could say it's my calling to travel these roads
And I'll tell you what I have seen
Yes you win or you lose we all need to choose
From the paths that lead to God's Ridge

There's just one path to glory the rest are to judgement
In this there'll be no in between
The O'Connell Street Massacre won't be resolved
Until all of God's people cross that bridge