Redemption

There was a fire behind a child He would get quiet when it grew too hot He would go quiet when the flames grew too high She had a voice, impossibly kind To calm the rage that rattled in his mind To quiet the beast that rattled his mind And no one else lived close enough to see That he'd been raised so viciously He kept his voice low out among the free She said, "You can be yourself with me" If we can make it to the sunrise We could surrender our yesterday And though we make our plans still we understand That redemption comes in unfamiliar ways She had a child Far too young She knew a man with a brass tax tongue She would go quiet whenever lullabies were sung Was never allowed to just be a boy He had decisions where there should have been toys The trauma heightens what it doesn't destroy The broken-hearted tend to find the same Like water, mercy finds its level The disregarded love is such a shame Keep the hope and leave the shame to the devil To keep the hope and leave the shame to the devil If we can make it to the sunrise We could surrender our yesterday And though we make our plans Still, we understand That redemption comes in unfamiliar ways That redemption comes in unfamiliar ways If we can make it to the sunrise We could surrender our yesterday And though we make our plans Still, we understand That redemption comes in unfamiliar ways If we can make it to the sunrise We could surrender our yesterday And though we make our plans Still, we understand That redemption comes in unfamiliar ways Oh, redemption comes in unfamiliar ways Redemption comes in unfamiliar ways