From the recording The Good Life
Lyrics
Lookin' out
On a sundered scene
Where bullies
Are wicked mean
They're like leeches
Sucking life away
To cheaply gratify
Their own decay
But you can drain their reservoirs
Of satan-siphoned hate
And be a light for all the human race
Be a reason why people have hope
Be a reason why people want to give
Be a reason why the love of the Christ sinks deep in every soul
Be a reason why people want to live
This goes out to everyone
Who thinks they somehow win
By degrading someone's value
With insults and chagrin
You don't look cool, you don't look fun
Rejoicing in others' pain
And in the end you'll be left to fend
For yourself in a poison rain
But even you can still have hope
If you shift your view to face
The Son of God with repentant eyes
Let your heart be changed by grace
Be a reason why people have hope
Be a reason why people want to give
Be a reason why the love of the Christ sinks deep in every soul
Be a reason why people want to live
Some people grow older without growing up
And the devil of devils keeps them stuck
In toxic behavior with sickening flair
For the makings of misery flung through the air
So please don't let this happen to you
Let the goodness of God see you through
To be someone the Lord needs you to be
Who carries His light for all to see!
Be a reason why people have hope (help them have hope)
Be a reason why people want to give (go out and give)
Be a reason why the love of the Christ sinks deep in every soul (be a reason why)
Be a reason He who paid our price can open the eyes of all who climb for heaven
So they can live.