Redemption - Desperation, Part IV Lyrics
Johnny knows why he was spared in VietnamGod has a reason for his sacrificeJohnny knows David thinks it all will fall on himBut the message is clear and he knows he has a purposeThe writer descends into the heart of the mineDown to the bottom of the well of soulsFalling through darkness, bloodied and brokenHe spreads the explosives as death takes holdJohnny stands a final time as his life slips awayTak screams in anger and commands that he stopBut the heart of the unformed can no longer sway himAnd he finishes his life's last taskGod can be everything, God can be cruelSometimes He makes us liveCarrying a burden for thirty three yearsThey are no longer his sins to forgiveWith the smoke of the ini rising up in the skyDestroyed by the power of daylightThe four survivors leave the nightmare behind themAnd head toward the open highwayIn the back of the car sits a folder of photosMaterializ4ed out of nowhereThe handwritten label says they're from David's schoolBut the writing is in Johnny's handTwo different lives. somehow intertwinedTwo vantage points of a parallax viewHeaven and Earth, somehow connectedGiving a glimpse of the eternal truthAs he opened the folder, and pulls out the pictureYoung David Carver's astonishedThe picture's of Johnny and David's dead sisterAlthough they have never metIn the picture they're standing on the very streetWhere David's friend Brian lay dying in his armsWritten at their feet, are the words First John 4/8And Mary asks David what it means.God is LoveGod can be everything, God can be cruelSometimes He makes us liveCarrying a burden for thirty three yearsThey are no longer his sins to forgiveGod can be everything, God can be cruelSometimes He makes us liveCarrying a burden for thirty three yearsThey are no longer his sins to forgive
