The Sovereign reigns on high
enthroned behind the sky;
Aware of our distressing woe
He oversees the tragic show
as lies with bullets fly.

Unmoved, he sees the dead
beholding him in dread;
unable to reverse their course
their being severed from its source
aware of what’s ahead.

The judgement never ends
although we miss our friends
who never yielded unto grace
and now must read upon Christ’s face
a message that offends.