Story Behind The Song

True story (appeared in 1993 edition of Christianity Today) about a woman who sacrificed her baby to the Ganges River in an attempt to achieve forgiveness, only to be approached with the message of forgiveness through Christ a mere 1/2 hour later.

Song Description

Dark sounding World beat verse into upbeat rock chorus (Peter Gabriel meets the Goo Goo Dolls). Contains a FANTASTIC GUITAR SOLO! LYRICALLY: True story (appeared in 1993 edition of Christianity Today) about a woman who sacrificed her baby to the Ganges River in an attempt to achieve forgiveness, only to be approached with the message of forgiveness through Christ a mere 1/2 hour later.

Lyrics

Young Alila weeps on the Ganges shore
In the water deep, her child cries no more
It?s there she gave its life as a sacrifice
The best she had for the goddess of the river
To cleanse her of the sin in her life

And me, a mission man
Who preached the blood of Christ on her shore
I talked of grace so deep
It could swallow all the darkness in the world
I told her, if you turn from sin, let the savior in
He will relieve you of your fault and shame
Alila looked at me, confessed her fateful deed
Her question to me still remains

Where were you an hour ago
As my baby drown
This love of God so great
What made you wait
I threw my baby down

This is no fairy tale; it was not long ago
It is proof all too real
Of how we can be held accountable
For scriptures that we bend
For days and minutes spent
Where we did not pursue the call
This gospel we?ve received
Should inspire a desperate need
To sell our world to preach to all

Every action speaks, every moment counts
And every day I breath, I hear her voice cry out