Lyrics

O Jerusalem, oh creation this love that I’ll spill on the cross
Will I find it worth it all if I were to count the cost?
“Cause I know by now, I know what you’re made of
It’s written in your lines
Before the stars were hung
Before all time I’ve know the cost of love

O Jerusalem, oh creation, oh how I long
To gather you in my arms if you’d allow
I’d save you from so much harm.
But I know by now, I know what you’re made of
It is written in your lines
Before the stars were hung
Before all time I’ve known the cost of love

Across the span of time
You stoned the messenger
Kill the rescuer
Across the span of time
You stoned the messenger
Kill the rescuer

Is there a friend in this place
Is there one a heart of grace?
Is there a face in this crowd
With eyes that see why I’ve come?

Is there a friend in this place
Is there one, a heart of faith?
Is there a face in this crowd
With eyes that see my Kingdom come?

O Jerusalem O creation
My kingdom you trade for your own
Abundant life you exchange for strivings
That take you so far from home

Don’t you know by now?
It’s the same old story
And I know how it ends
And when all’s said and done
I’d do it all again to call you friend

And when we roll up the sky and turn out the light, who will be mine