We give to God what we call love ,
our simple gift to our creator above .

But what do we with all our sin look a while and enter in ?
Our blackened souls know nothing of love ,
that only comes from God above .

As black as coal ,
as sinful as the dark clouds that hide us from his light .

So must we walk in sins dark ways ,
for to know Christ we shall bring forth our praise ?

But the bright things of heaven trouble us still ,
as sins corpse we drag around ,
like some unwanted guest ,
who has stayed too long ,
and bids us no rest .
It has no skin or bone as such ,
and the chains attached are not of metal or steel ,
but something worse ,
our lust ,
Our greed ,
our never ending need .

For its parades  we love so much ,
we drag around like blood and guts ,
and we wonder why God loves us so much ?
each night we must die to what we know ,
and Christ’s light like a rainbow must rise ,
after the rains ,
has dampened our skies ,
it’s only then his light will shine ,
when we have only one heart ,
that’s thine .