2010-07-09 Archive, Poetry, Songs, Where Are You Now? 2

Where Are You Now?

We heard the words the angels gave, “Fear not, you'll bear a son.”
Where are you now, Emmanuel, God's own anointed one?
They said that you'll forever rule. We thought this was good news.
So where is he who then was born to be the king of Jews?

Where are you now, Emmanuel, the son of God, above.
We need your word, we need your touch, we need your perfect love.

And you, Oh Bethlehem, are not the least of all the clans,
For out of you shall come a King to shepherd all the lands.
We saw those wise men worship you and give you gold, and myrrh;
But then they left, and she took you. We should have gone with her.

Where are you now, Emmanuel, the son of God, above.
We need your word, we need your touch, we need your perfect love.

A voice was heard in Ramah's land, great mourning at death's door.
It's Rachel weeping for her sons, because they are no more.
For eight and twenty years we wept, and echoed Rachel's cry:
The other mothers weeping for our sons who had to die.

Where are you now, Emmanuel, the son of God, above.
We need your word, we need your touch, we need your perfect love.

The stars are shining bright tonight, Just like they were back then.
An echo on the wind yet sings God's glory once again.
A voice cries out of wilderness, "Repent, for God is near,
Prepare the way, make straight the Path," for Christ, the Lord, is here.

Where are you now, Emmanuel, the son of God, above.
We need your word, we need your touch, we need your perfect love.