On this ark hurtling through space
Peopled with kings and queens, heroes and fools
Most spending our years at a hurried pace
Employing our talents, using our tools
Fighting our wars and building our dreams
Scurrying about with such little regard
Minds filled with stuff, and our own schemes
Acquiring and haggling, suffering and marred
Climbing the mountains and plumbing the seas
Building our castles while living in huts
Doing our work and charging our fees
Thinking great thoughts while digging our ruts
Pondering deep issues while searching our place
Living and dying and wondering just why
Raising food from the ground by the sweat of face
Caught in enigma, knowing not truth from a lie
Blundering through darkness not knowing the Light
Oft ending our struggle with a moan and a sigh
But then came God in all of His weakness, all of His might
In to this world to die on a cross
He suffered and died to show us God’s Face
Brought Heaven's flames to burn up our dross
Now our darkness is lifted because of His Grace
And now we know where our journey leads
For the Day is coming when we shall know as we’re Known
For our souls have been sown with Heaven's seeds
And we long for the day when we’ll sing 'round His Throne
