We are asleep in the light.

Do you see, do you see
All the people sinking down
Don't you care, don't you care
Are you gonna let them drown

How can you be so numb
Not to care if they come
You close your eyes
And pretend the job's done

"Oh bless me Lord, bless me Lord"
You know it's all I ever hear
No one aches, no one hurts
No one even sheds one tear

But He cries, He weeps, He bleeds
And He cares for your needs
And you just lay back
And keep soaking it in

Oh, can't you see it's such a sin?

Cause He brings people to your door,
And you turn them away
As you smile and say,
"God bless you, be at peace"

And all heaven just weeps

Cause Jesus came to your door
You've left him out on the streets

Open up, open up!
And give yourself away
You see the need, you hear the cries
So how can you delay

God's calling and you're the one
But like Jonah you run
He's told you to speak
But you keep holding it in

Oh can't you see it's such a sin?

The world is sleeping in the dark
That the church just can't fight

Cause it's asleep in the light

How can you be so dead
When you've been so well fed?

Jesus rose from the grave
And you, you can't even get out of bed

Oh, Jesus rose from the dead
Come on, get out of your bed

How can you be so numb
Not to care if they come
You close your eyes
And pretend the job's done
You close your eyes
And pretend the job's done

Don't close your eyes
Don't pretend the job's done

Come away, come away, come away with Me my love

Come away, from this mess, come away with Me, my love.


These are some of the most powerful lyrics I have ever heard. Maybe the most powerful. I can't even describe to you how much this song means to me. I heard it for the first time, only two days ago. And I think it's changed my life.

Every single verse is just... brutally powerful. In their own way, every verse makes me choke up, for different reasons.

We are asleep in the light. The light is overpowering, brutal, harsh, beautiful. And we just lie there, asleep.

I just keep listening to this song over and over and thinking... why do I keep holding it in? Why do I always hold it in? Why do I just lie back? Why am I so dead? Why do I close my eyes... Why do I pretend the job's done?

I AM ASLEEP IN THE LIGHT.

Jesus rose from the dead... and I can't even get out of bed.

Just close your eyes... and listen to this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik-XOVZcwow