Why?

[Verse 1]
Why do we choose what can last but an hour
Before we must leave it behind?
Why do possessions exert such a power
To render us harsh and unkind?
Why do mere things have the lure of a flower
Whose scent makes us selfish and blind?
The well has run dry and sour is our breath
We dwell in the valley of death

[Verse 2]
Why is unfaithfulness easy for us
Who often are hurt and betrayed?
Why give up godly devotion for lust?
Integrity cast far away
Why do our dreams then our deeds beggar trust?
Our guilt far too heavy to pay
The well has run dry and sour is our breath
We dwell in the valley of death

[Verse 3]
Why do we foolishly act out a role
In order to be number one?
Why sell our birthright to feel in control
Convincing ourselves that we've won?
Why sear our conscience and sell out our soul
Despairing of what we've become?
The well has run dry and sour is our breath
We dwell in the valley of death

[Verse 4]
Why do You promise to quench all our thirst
When we have despised all Your ways?
Why do You rescue the damned and the cursed
By dying our death in our place?
Why do You transform our hearts till they burst
With vibrant expressions of praise?
The well flows with life our hearts satisfied
For mercy has flowed from Your side