Lead singer Alex Band voices his questions about God and the world. He finds trouble in the Christian belief that asking for repentance from God will clear all sins while one can ignore the bad done and make no attempt to fix it or help others – not doing what we should.
Well i would like to think
The world hasn't seen
That all the best is still to come
And i know life ain't easy
I pass them sleeping on the streets
Their bloodstained hands and dirty feet
And i can't ignore them
Any more then i already have
Chorus :
So we laugh, and we smile
And we play our games of sweet denial
But don't tell me we're forgiven
If we hold, all our breath
If we kneel right down and just repent
You can't tell me we're forgiven
Start with me
I cannot lie
When my heart doesn't fallow my eyes
Turn away from all the suffering
That surrounds
Our time on this earth
For some their life has been a curse
I say i'm sorry and i should change
You know it just could be me someday
Chorus
There's no way out of here
I don't want to die, and leave it all behind
Each day part of me disappears
But who am i to judge, what's been sent from above
Chorus
We can't laugh
We can't smile
When so much just ain't right
It can't go on forever...
If we hold, our breath
If we kneel down and repent
You can't tell me we're forgiven, no
You can't tell me we're forgiven
We’re Forgiven was written by Aaron Kamin & Alex Band.
We’re Forgiven was produced by Marc Tanner.
The Calling released We’re Forgiven on Tue Jul 10 2001.