How Long

He's sitting in the corner of his room His Bible's there, but the devil is too And in the lie of the moment, he decides he's too broken And reaches in the dark to find a knife She got the call that afternoon And heard the words no mother wants to And as she gets into her car, the only words that she can find are "God, would you just keep him alive" And as she's waiting, she's praying How long until these wounds are healed How long until the dark turns into dawn How long until the purpose of this is revealed How long, O Lord That evening his friends heard the news And none of them knew what to do So in the corner of a church they raised an offering of words To the God who promises to hear it all And they're praying How long until these wounds are healed How long until the dark turns into dawn How long until the purpose of this is revealed How long, O Lord How long, O Lord How long, O Lord, how long Cuz You promise that there is a day Where every tear is wiped away And all we want to know All we want to know You promise that there's good in store For those who love You, and all the more We just want to know We just want to know How long until these wounds are healed How long until the dark turns into dawn How long until the purpose of this is revealed How long, O Lord How long, O Lord How long, O Lord How long (You promise that there is a day) How long (where every tear is wiped away) How long, O Lord (all we want to know) How long, O Lord (all we want to know) How long (You promise that there's good in store) How long (for those who love You, all the more) How long, O Lord (we just want to know) How long, O Lord (we just want to know) He's sitting in the hospital room The lies are there, but Jesus is too