The city on the hill

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden." (Matthew 5:14 AMP)

This Casting Crowns song really spoke to my heart tonight. God, let us not be the city on the hill that fades away.

VERSE 1:

Did you hear of the city on a hill?

Said one old man to the other

It once shined bright and it would be shining still

But they all started turning on each other

VERSE 2:

You see the poets thought the dancers were shallow

And the soldiers thought the poets were weak

And the elders saw the young ones as foolish

And the rich man never heard the poor man speak

CHORUS:

And one by one they ran away

With their made up minds to leave it all behind

And the light began to fade in the city on a hill

The city on a hill

VERSE 3:

Each one thought that they knew better

But there were different by design

Instead of standing strong together

They let their differences divide

CHORUS 2:

And one by one they ran away

With their made up minds to leave it all behind

And the light began to fade in the city on a hill

The city on a hill

And the world is searchin' still

BRIDGE:

But it was the rhythm of the dancers that gave the poets life

It was the spirit of the poets that gave the soldiers strength to fight

It was the fire of the young ones, it was the wisdom of the old

It was the story of the poor man that needed be told

It is the rhythm of the dancers that gives the poets life

It is the spirit of the poets that gives the soldiers strength to fight

It is the fire of the young ones, it is the wisdom of the old

It is the story of the poor man that's needing to be told

CHORUS 3:

One by one, will we run away?

With our made up minds to leave it all behind

As the light begins to fade in the city on a hill?

One by one, will we run away?

With our made up minds to leave it all behind

As the light begins to fade in the city on a hill?

The city on a hill

END:

Come home

And the Father's calling still

Come home

To the city on the hill

Come home