Lyrics

[Verse 1]

We have come from every corner
We have come from many lands
We have come from any place that you might know
We are sailors, we are pirates
We are ships out on the sea
We are mermaids, we are monsters from below

We believe in God the Father
Or in fairies in the garden
Some say ?we believe in nothing and who cares??
But whatever we believe in
There?s one fact we can?t deny
We are entertaining angels unawares

We ignore them in the doorways
We walk past them in the street
We brush by them as we?re coming down the stairs
In our haste we do not see them
So I say it once again
We are entertaining angels unawares


[Verse 2]

I was sitting at the shops one day
Minding my own business
When this guy turns up with a kid in a wheelchair
He was strapped up, wired up
Making weird and crazy noises
I have to tell you, I couldn?t help myself but stare

Then the carer says, ?Hey Jimmy
This will only take a moment
Gonna make a call here on this public phone?
But Jimmy?s not responding
He?s just staring into space
I think, ?this kid?s clearly in a world of his own?

Then a strange thing happens
I?m still staring at the boy
When his head kinda tilts around this way
Next thing I know he?s looking me
Fair square in the eye
It?s a look that I remember to this day

I feel frightened, naked
I feel God?s sake so ashamed
I await his condemnation but I feel none
In that moment I?m transported
To the world Jimmy calls home
A world I foolishly believed was not the real one

I don?t know who is looking at me now
Jimmy or maybe Jesus
And tell you the truth, I hope I never know
We just sat just gazing at each other
With tears in our eyes
As we felt the love join us from our souls

Oh we can talk about salvation
We can talk about the truth
Words and doctrines Jimmy?s mind could not conceive
But I swear on the memory
Of that wheelchair-ridden boy
God doesn?t give a damn what we believe

[Verse 3]

I wanna to thank you for coming
For giving up your time
I wanna thank you all for joining in this song
In your voices I hear music
Harmonies and choirs
Seems like the holy hosts of heaven are singing along

I see rows of living history
Poetry and mystery
Reflected back to me in the candle light
I see heroes and villains
And messengers of God
I see angels here in front of me tonight

Yes I see rows of living history
Poetry and mystery
Reflected back to me in the candle light
I see heroes, villains
Messengers of God
I see angels here in front of me tonight