Mark Erelli - Abraham lyrics

O Abraham How far the mighty we have fallen How I pray you hear me calling In the hour of despair In the Promised Land Where every promise has been broken And every vote feels like a token For a ride that goes nowhere So rise up Rise up Rise up O the words you spoke Of a far more perfect union Reaching out to the disillusioned Still set our souls to sing But what of hope We need it now more than ever And I keep listening for feathers But I hear the flap of leathery wings So rise up Rise up We've more in common than divides us But we need someone to guide us Through the sorrow and the shadows we have sown O Abraham Rise up from your marble throne O Abraham Gazing out over the fountain Sitting silent as a mountain Say it wasn't all in vain Though I understand Why another wise man won't come forward When all the others were rewarded With a bullet in the brain So rise up Rise up Rise up Rise up We've more in common than divides us But we need someone to guide us For we've never been so lost and so alone O Abraham Rise up from your marble throne O Abraham Rise up, rise up