The Cross's Lie

standing in the back of the church
not knowing what to do
my family never believed
and glared when I said I do
so my first time in a church
and there's so much I never knew

I braced myself for the love
I thought we all deserved
but it became quite clear
I wasn't welcome here
and they only gave me
one reason why...

apparently I never knew
there was a coin box in the sky
at the golden gates to heaven
you have to pay before you
can walk on through
I guess I never knew...

and when I go into the wooden box
to say my sins to my god
so that I may be forgiven
the Father simply asked me to leave
I told him no and that
I had something to say

I told him "I'm sorry.
I thought I deserved to be your child.
I'm sorry I'm poor and don't have enough to pay
I thought I all I had to do was love
and someday god would take me home...
I guess I never knew...
I just really didn't think
I was wrong....."

"apparently I never knew
there was a coin box in the sky
at the golden gates to heaven
you have to pay before you
can walk on through
I guess I never knew..."

I got up and left that wooden box
and the father said not a word
as I rose and took my leave of that church
I went to the park and sat and cried
and as the tears tumbled down my face
I cried "I thought you were so great
you have to tell me if its all a lie"
and a voice whispered through the air
"They are wrong my child.....”

“I am love
And I love you
you are my child
even though you sin its true
my love is never ending
even through you don't sit in a pew
you weren't born from blessed water
but I still love you.
all you have to do is believe
and I'll take care of you...."

"all you have to do is believe
and I'll take care of..
you....."