Dawn of Reckoning

I kept a clean face for the Sunday crowd But the week told a different story out loud I knew the narrow road and still chose the wide Left the quiet warning on the other side Every easy yes became a heavier no Now the heart I hid is the first to show No more hiding in the noise we made The light don’t ask, it only waits Wake up, people, wake up Oh-oooh-oh, oh-oh It’s the dawn of reckoning Tell me what you did Tell me what you learned Tell me what you learned And stayed inside the word and stayed I say Wake up, people, wake up Oh-oooh-oh, oh-oh Wake up, people, wake up It’s the dawn of reckoning I called it living when I only drifted Traded still water for a flood I lifted Hands that could have lifted stayed in my coat Pride was a sermon I learned by rote If the spirit knocked, I turned the lock Now the morning comes and it will not stop No more hiding in the noise we made The light don’t ask, it only waits Wake up, people, wake up Oh-oooh-oh, oh-oh Wake up, people, wake up Oh-oooh-oh, oh-oh It’s the dawn of reckoning Tell me what you did Tell me what you did Tell me what you did Tell me what you learned Tell me why you always ran And stayed inside the herd You better wake up Wake up, people, wake up Oh-oooh-oh, oh-oh It’s the dawn of reckoning I’m not talking nuclear And I’m not talking machines I’m just wondering When the dawn breaks the sky Will your name still mean What you said it means Wake up, people, wake up Oh-oooh-oh, oh-oh Wake up, people, wake up Oh-oooh-oh, oh-oh It’s the dawn of reckoning Tell me what you did Tell me what you did Tell me what you learned Tell me what you learned Tell me why you always ran And stayed inside the herd Wake up, people, wake up Oh-oooh-oh, oh-oh It’s the dawn of reckoning