Forsaken

Behind The Song

When Jesus was being executed on the cross, he cried out to God, as so many innocent victims of violence and hate and exclusion have cried out, and continue to cry out still - "Why have you forsaken me?" There are no easy answers here, just the hope that God is with us, "crying with us, dying with us, praying with us, holding us too."

Albums & Liturgies with this song

The Lyrics

Why have you forsaken us? 
Where have you gone? 
Why have you forsaken us? 
How can we go on? 

1.
There’s a woman who has lost her child 
And a man who’s lost his way. 
There’s a boy who’s keeping it inside 
And a girl who cannot pray. 

Pre Chorus 
Why have you forsaken us? 
Where have you gone? 
Why have you forsaken us? 
How can we go on? 

Chorus 
We search for your face 
Search for your grace 
We want to follow your way 
Why have you forsaken us 
Where have you gone? 

2.
There’s a man who says he cannot breathe 
And another with a gun 
There’s a family that’s left everything 
Just exiles on the run 

Pre Chorus
Chorus

Bridge 
There’s a man forsaken on a cross 
Body broken in two 
There’s a God hanging on a cross 
Who feels it all too 

Crying with us, dying with us. 
Praying with us. Holding us too. 

Chorus


Lyrics: Lenora Rand 
Music: Hannah Rand

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