Am I foolish to ask?
Laying motionless in black
Father, if you have a reason for lack of better words
For the pain and suffering
I shake my fist and scream
Where were you,
In the night,
When the roof came down?
Where were you
Holding light,
When the fire went out?
Where were you,
El Shaddai, El Shaddai, El Shaddai?
"Where were you,
Where were you,
Where were you", we cry
When the gunman in the town
Put twenty babies in the ground,
Were you listening, did you hear the same sounds?
Were you around?
For the pain and suffering
I gnash my teeth and scream
Where were you,
In the night,
When the roof came down?
Where were you
Holding light,
When the fire went out?
Where were you,
El Shaddai, El Shaddai, El Shaddai?
"Where were you,
Where were you,
Where were you", we cry
I've served you whole
And I've loved you so
I've placed my hope
In your streets of gold
My anguish holds what my harvest sows
And my questions flow from my bitter soul
Ohhhhhh, ohhhhhh
Where were you,
In the night,
When the roof came down?
Where were you
Holding light,
When the fire went out?
Where were you,
El Shaddai, El Shaddai, El Shaddai?
You answer me,
You answered,
Where were you,
Little child,
When the world was made?
Who made you,
Reconciled,
When the blood was paid?
It was I,
El Shaddai, El Shaddai, El Shaddai
It was I,
El Shaddai, El Shaddai, you cry