[Intro]
Yeah...
I looked around
and this whole thing's cracking
[Verse 1]
Trash in the hallway
sirens in the rain
kids with tired eyes
learn to spell out pain
Every screen's a sermon
every fist is raised
every hungry heart
getting priced and played
We built these towers
on a shaking floor
then locked the deadbolt
and asked for more
I see my brother
turning hard as stone
God, if You're near here
we need You home
[Chorus]
This world needs God
bad, bad, bad
This world needs God
more than what it had
Bring that mercy in
right through the cracks
This world needs God
bad, bad, bad
[Verse 2]
Mother at the window
counting every call
father on his knees
trying not to fall
Lies in the water
poison in the bread
smiles on the package
while the soul gets dead
I got questions sharp enough
to cut my tongue
I got prayers I forgot
when the damage come
But if You can hear me
through the noise and the smoke
send a hand to hold us
before we break the rope
[Chorus]
This world needs God
bad, bad, bad
This world needs God
more than what it had
Heal the broken line
make the bitter backtrack
This world needs God
bad, bad, bad
[Verse 3]
I seen the proud ones
fold like paper fire
seen the liars learn
they were led by pride
Seen the lost ones
find a name in grace
seen a hard man cry
with his face to the floor
So take this rage
and turn it into love
take these shattered pieces
lift 'em up above
If You can make
a clean heart from ash
then start with me now
don't leave me in the dark
[Chorus]
This world needs God
bad, bad, bad
This world needs God
save what it had
Break the chains off
pull the shadows back
This world needs God
bad, bad, bad
[Bridge]
If we're honest
we are bleeding out
laughing while we're hollow
drowning in the crowd
So come close
where the ruined are
put Your name on the wound
and light the scar
[Chorus]
This world needs God
bad, bad, bad
This world needs God
let it all come back
Peace in the rubble
hope where the wreckage stacked
This world needs God
bad, bad, bad
[Outro]
Yeah...
if there's a way through
it's only You
this world needs God