SANCTUARY

Music and Lyrics by Julie Silver  © 2017 Julie Silver. All rights reserved.

When one of us is suffering

We all feel pain

When one of us is stumbling

We fall again and again

All of us are slaves

Until all of us are free

Everyone needs sanctuary

When some of us go hungry

All of us can’t eat

When words don’t mean enough to us we pray with our feet

We pray for the dreamers who pray for you and me

We can be their sanctuary

So let us set a table

Wide and long

Where everyone has plenty

And everyone belongs

Where everyone agrees to disagree

Underneath this canopy

I will be a shelter

Open on all sides

I will take you in

And stand by your side

No matter where you come from

Or where you’d rather be

I will be your sanctuary

Where everyone agrees to disagree

Underneath this canopy

So stand up and sing

Let your voices ring

Bring what you can bring

And be a sanctuary