Description
Behind the Song
Written as a response to the horror of a world where hatred and violence seem to be winning, this song is a lament and a search for a different way. Perhaps there are no easy answers, but maybe it begins with us seeing that we are "us" - that we're all in this together on this tender, trembling earth. "When I hurt you, I hurt me."
Inspired by Paul's letter in Romans 12,where he tells the rag-tag band of Jesus followers to "weep with those who weep," and by these powerful words by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from his letter from a Birmingham jail: “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
The Lyrics
Verse 1
When I hurt you, I hurt me
When I push you, I push me
When I curse you, I curse me
I weep with you, As you weep with me.
Verse 2
When I starve you, I starve me
When I bomb you, I bomb me
When I kill you, I kill me
I die with you, as you die with me
Chorus
There is no “other”
There’s only us
On this trembling, tender earth.
And all of heaven is here with us
When we find our way to love,
When we find our way to love.
Verse 3
When I hate you, I hate me
When I lose you, I lose me
When I find you, I find me
I live with you, as you live with me.
Chorus
Coda
God so loves the world.
God so loves the world.
God so loves every one of us
So we can find our way to love
Available Resources
MP3 Download | $0.99 |
Lead Sheet (key of B-flat) | $3.99 |
Piano Score (key of B-flat) | $5.99 |
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