you are mercy

i'm a liar, you know it's true, i'm a thief, and a beggar, too, but i've heard you can make me new, there's a stranger i don't want to see, in the mirror staring back at me, he's not the man i hoped he'd be, so help me god, so help me god, you are mercy, you are mercy, dear god have mercy on me, god it's lonely in this crowded street, where we touch but stay out of reach, and we're all wounded but afraid to bleed, we pray for peace while our hands make war, we've had our fill and still we grab for more, we've forgotten what our hands are for, so help us god, so help us god, you are mercy, you are mercy, dear god have mercy on us, heaven help us, please forgive us, dear god have mercy on us, let mercy fall like rain to wash, the sidewalks clean, to grow love green, mercy not just to fall on me, but to set me free, and to flow through me, you are mercy, you are mercy, dear god have mercy on me, please forgive me, heaven help me, be your mercy, through my blinded eyes now see, through my wounded heart now bleed, with my violent hands now heal, through my broken life reveal, you are mercy.