LYRIC FOR SALE

By Kimberly Medeiros

You sing about mercy on a Sunday night
Hands in the air, say you’re living right
Talk about love like you wrote the book
But you won’t even give your mother a look
You say you’re walking the narrow road
Carrying truth like a heavy load
But you closed the door, threw away the key
And called it faith instead of cruelty
Pre-Chorus
You say God told you to let me go
But His voice sounds nothing like your cold hello
Chorus
You write songs about obedience
But you don’t know what honor means
You preach grace but you practice silence
Hide behind prayers and broken dreams
You sing loud about loving Him
While you cut me off completely
If faith is shown by how you live
Then tell me, son—what does God see?
Verse 2
I held you when you couldn’t stand
Prayed for you when no one else would understand
Now I’m a ghost in your perfect life
Erased with a button, blocked overnight
I don’t need a stage or halo glow
Just one chance to watch my grandson grow
But punishment dressed up as “God’s will”
Is just pride standing stubborn and still
Pre-Chorus
You say this distance makes you strong
But love was never meant to be this wrong
Chorus
You write songs about obedience
But you don’t know what honor means
You preach grace but you practice silence
Hide behind prayers and broken dreams
You sing loud about loving Him
While you cut me off completely
If faith is shown by how you live
Then tell me, son—what does God see?
Bridge
God doesn’t hide behind a block button
He doesn’t confuse control with truth
He doesn’t break hearts to prove a point
Or steal a child from someone who loves him too
If He’s listening to every word you sing
He hears the ache you won’t redeem
Because love that punishes, love that divides
Was never His design
Final Chorus
You write songs about obedience
But love is the truest test
Not the verses you quote or the notes you play
But how you treat the ones who loved you best
I’ll keep praying, I’ll keep believing
Even when you don’t call or see
Because my faith isn’t measured by your silence
And God still knows the truth of me
Outro
One day the music will fade away
And truth will stand where excuses lay
Songs don’t raise a child
Love does