reluctant messiah

Reluctant Messiah
(Inspired by Lois Lowry’s The Giver)

You opened my eyes to a new life
A complicated scene
Everything once perfect in childhood
Now only faded memory
I ask myself can I do this
Bear the weight of the world
Now given the chance to make a choice
They never dared let us choose before

Chorus:
I am the reluctant messiah
Climbing up my own Calvary
I know that I must do this
To set my people free
It’s not a question of if I’ll do it
It’s just a matter of I can
I am the reluctant messiah
In search of the promised land

So now it’s been decided
I’m going to change the world
This newfound pain cannot hinder me
I’ve got to do it for every boy and girl
Now I know how God must feel
To watch his children suffer pain
I must give them the power of free will
Of life, of love, of color, and of rain
(chorus)

But now the pain’s too great
And this hill too steep
I just want to lay down and sleep
There’s no way I can make it on my own
But I can’t give in now
Can’t throw in the towel
Here at my heart I’ve got this child
And his life gives me strength
(chorus)

One foot in front of the other
Through the snow I climb
And now I can feel it
What’s on the other side