Wishing Chair - Sago lyrics

His work shirts are folded on the chair by the bed I can't bear to put them away I'm too numb to think I'm too tired to sleep I keep repeating the words he would pray "Set your affection on the things above And not on the things of this earth" Do you think God imagined he'd ever find A man of such infinite worth They say it was lightning, or sparks and methane Or maybe a company's crime What I wouldn't give What I wouldn't give To see him walk out of the Sago Mine I thought it was thunder I heard on that day A new year and Monday besides We were planning a trip for all the grandkids He had three months to go when he died When word first went out they had found them alive I believed it was going to be fine What I wouldn't give What I wouldn't give To see them walk out of the Sago Mine Trapped in the blast, twelve miners went deep Their air packs had to be shared Then they hit bolts and plates to signal and wait For a rescue that never got there But the hours went by, and the smoke got so bad In silence their last letters done Then they fell off their pales, asleep and so still While the cameras on the surface rolled on They say Jesus works miracles He made the water to wine What I wouldn't give What I wouldn't give To see him walk out of the Sago Mine