I Want The World To Change

I was thinking of someone special

With confusion in their mind

Watching stories turn to sorrow

Watching meaning leave them blind

It was painful just to see them

Locked inside that inner fight

So I wondered how to help them

How to open up their life

Then a quiet voice came rolling through

Like water underground

It said, "The one you’re trying to rescue

May not be the one who’s bound"

When I want the world to change

Let me turn and say again

God grant me the courage

To face the source of my pain

I was asking for their healing

I was praying they would see

All the shadows they were carrying

All the ways they could be free

But the mirror softly opened

And it turned its light on me

Saying, "Every wish to change them

Is a message meant for me"

So I laid down my advice

And the story I had made

And I listened for the wisdom

Underneath the need to save

When I want the world to change

Let me turn and say again

God grant me the courage

To face the source of my pain

Show me where I’m frightened

(you're safe today)

Show me why I run

(come back to me)

Show me when I’m asking

Someone else to become

The peace I haven’t claimed yet

The truth I haven’t named

The love I keep withholding

From the child still caught in pain

(I see you)