When Mercy Comes Running

I was a stone in the river cold and alone

Waiting for the tide to change its tone

The sky cracked wide but the rain never fell

Just a silence deep as a wishing well

When mercy comes running oh it doesn't walk

It tears through the night it shatters the clock

When mercy comes running it doesn’t ask why

It lifts you up high lets you touch the sky

Shadows don’t argue they cling and they stay

I tried to outrun them but they know the way

I whispered a plea to the wind that won’t speak

And mercy found me when I was too weak

It doesn’t knock it breaks the door

Doesn’t count the sins you bore

When mercy comes running oh it doesn’t crawl

It leaps over fences it tears down the wall

When mercy comes running it’s faster than fear

It pulls you so close till it’s all you hear

It’s a flood through the desert a fire in the frost

It finds the ones who think they’re lost

It’s a whisper and a roar at once

Mercy doesn’t flinch it just confronts