new song "closer to life"

I'm getting so run down by the barrage of bad news. Another young black teen killed by police. Police killed in NYC & politicians using it as an excuse to blame the protestors. And on and on. This song is a prayer for hope and strength to keep going, and for us to be fueled by love and unity. I wrote it and recorded a rough demo this morning.

there’s blood in the sky now
there’s blood in the streets
another child dies now
at the hands of police
there won’t be no Christmas
for his mother today
and no power on Earth
can erase her pain

meanwhile next door
another mother prays
that her sweet loving husband
will come home today
he’s one of the good ones
a good daddy too
but people don’t know that
when he’s wearing blue

i’ve gotta turn off the news
facebook and twitter too
i can’t take another minute
of a day without love in it
i’ve gotta hang on to hope
justice, peace they ain’t no joke
gotta rise up in Your name
cause in our hearts we’re all the same

chorus
keep me anchored closer to life
soothe the anger and calm the strife
show me the beauty of each new day
i lay down my heart, Lord, You lead the way

it’s time for healing
it’s time for truth
it’s time for justice
led by the youth
we can’t let another
red day go by
we can’t let another
child have to die

brothers and sisters
let’s say as one
Thy Kingdom come now
Thy Will be done
God never wanted for us to fight
lay down your guns now
and sing to the night

chorus