Attalus - The Problem of Pain lyrics

The tsunami crashed in and it's
Quite a surprise at least
Devastation here as we puzzle
Through some sort
Of shipping containers that's been left
Breaking news out of
Afghanistan thirty-one troops
And seven Afghan soldiers are
Dead after a NATO helicopter crashed
To an overnight operation
Opened fire on a camp for teenagers learning
About politics the gunman was arrested
By a police officer who opened fire
With an automatic weapon people fled
Throwing themselves into the water to try to
Swim away when it was over, a
Witness described the carnage:
Twenty-five to thirty
Bodies strewn across the shore
Some partly in the water

The blood, the tears, the sweat
Why does it feel so wrong?
Disaster, pain, and death
Oh God, where have You gone?
The world was in Your hands
You let it fall headlong
So either You're not good
Or You're just not that strong

'Cause the problem of pain
Is a problem we all go through
It turns us away from all we once saw in You
It's not just an intellectual question
It's the cry of a heart
That's breaking in two
Pain is the place where you fall from grace

Then God said, "The blood, the tears
The sweat i died to right your wrong
Disaster, pain, and death
Oh man, where have you gone?
The world was falling fast
I cast myself headlong
To save your rebel souls
To prove my love is strong

"The problem of pain
Is a problem I too, went through
I shouldered your hell
And emptied myself for you
It's not just an intellectual question
It's the sound of a veil dividing in two
'Cause pain is the place where
I give you grace"

The problem of pain
Is a bridge between God and man
In the shape of a cross
It ushers us back to Him
We don't need an intellectual answer
We just need more strength to reach the end

'Cause pain is the place
Where healing await's oh, oh, oh, oh

'Cause pain is the place
Where healing await's
Pain is the place where healing await's
Pain is the place where our
Hearts learn faith again

Pain is the place where our
Hearts learn faith again