Lead Us Back

Here is a hymn text I've written. A friend of mine is writing music for it:

Falling down upon our knees,
Sharing now in common shame,
We have sought security,
Not the cross that bares Your name.
Fences guard our hearts and homes --
Comfort sings a siren tune.
We’re a valley of dry bones;
Lead us back to life in You.

Lord we fall upon our knees,
We have shunned the weak and poor,
Worshipped beauty, courted kings
And the things their gold affords,
Prayed for those we’d like to know --
Favor sings a siren tune.
We’ve become a talent show;
Lead us back to life in You.

You have caused the blind to see,
We have blinded him again.
With our man-made laws and creeds;
Eager, ready to condemn.
Now we plead before Your throne --
Power sings a siren tune.
We’ve been throwing heavy stones;
Lead us back to life in You.

c. 2006