The Heavy Cross

(Verse 1)


The scriptures are screaming out a sound


You say you're hungry for justice, but you're just dragging feet on the ground


I'm stuck in the gutter, where my need for God is clear


Keep my heart pure, but I'm choking on my fear


We try to love our neighbors, but what about the ones who curse your name?


There's a fire in the rearview, and we're driving through the flame.


(Chorus)


Take up your cross, it's heavy now


There's a log in your eye and you don't know how


To seek the Kingdom first, above the dust and dirt


Do unto others, but does it ever really work?


This narrow gate, it cuts me deep


While the wolves in sheep's clothing watch me weep.


(Verse 2)


They're building their towers with all the things they hoard


But where your treasure is, your tired heart is poured


The world is a courtroom, and the judgment's getting near


For every idle word you whisper in a friend's ear


Don't call your brother an idiot, don't let the anger stay


But I bite my tongue until it bleeds every single day.


(Forgive others, or face the darkness alone.)


(Chorus)


Take up your cross, it's heavy now


There's a log in your eye and you don't know how


To seek the Kingdom first, above the dust and dirt


Do unto others, but does it ever really work?


This narrow gate, it cuts me deep


While the wolves in sheep's clothing watch me weep.


(Bridge)


When the storm is raging and the water's rough


I start to sink, believing is never enough


You said your yoke is easy, but my shoulders ache and burn


We trade the world's burdens for a lesson we must learn


Do not fear those who only kill the shell


There's one who can send the body and the soul to hell.


(Guitar Solo - Melodic, distorted, and slightly chaotic)


(Outro)


Acknowledge Him.


You gotta make a choice.


Endure to the end.


You gotta use your voice.


Don't demand a sign.


Just be shrewd and harmless.


Endure to the end.


The Kingdom is coming!


(Fade out with heavy, repeated riff)

Alternative rock, high energy, syncopated beat, chugging guitars, anthemic chorus