I turn on the news today
Every channel says the same thing
A tragedy is taking lives
And innocents away

And tell me it's a dream
There's no way this can be true
I can't believe what my eyes have seen
Can someone give me the truth?

Oh, God, give us these
Answers that we desperately seek
If we are the ones you love
Why have we lost so much?

This world is so cold and cruel
How can we expect to make it through?
There are shootings in our schools
And evil has no rules

And tell me it's a dream
There's no way this can be true
I can't believe what my eyes have seen
Can someone give me the truth?

Oh, God, give us these
Answers that we desperately seek
If we are the you who love
Why have we all so lost?
We want more than the
Soothing of a politicians tongue
We can longer put our fear
In the hands of a man with a gun

(We will rise, from the ashes we will rise)
More than silver tongues
This tragedy's undone
This battle to be won
Justice for out sons

Oh, God, give us these
Answers that we desperately seek
If we are the ones you love
Why have we lost so much?

(We will rise, from the ashes we will rise)
We have lost so much
We have lost too much