DEFIANT LAMB Bob Bennett © 2000 Bright Avenue Songs (ASCAP) Coins through my pockets, days through my fingers I cannot find them, try as I may For I have spent them on foolish pleasures In a foreign country so far away Now I am wandering across this landscape Walking in circles by my own choice No fire in the heavens, no wind in the treetops I cannot see you or hear your voice    When I'm out here on my own    Surrounded and alone    When I squander your mercy    As an ungrateful man    Can you still find me hiding in the corner?    Innocent convict, defiant lamb I should know better, that's what I'm thinking Pleading ignorance won't do for me I'm not mistaken, I'm not misguided This road I've taken deliberately So why am I running? I've got excuses But no good reasons to ease my shame I am not worthy to be your servant To live in your household, to bear your name    When I'm out here on my own    Haunted by the home    That I once knew so well    As a God-fearing man    Can you still find me, this great pretender?    Behind the mask a defiant lamb I thought my heart would be like a garden Where life would spring up From seeds you've sown But little by little, the thorns took over And now my heart has turned to stone That's why it's easy to be so careless Betray this birthright from above To curse my reflection in the mirror Hurting someone you truly love    When I'm out here all alone    In this valley of dry bones    My prayers are mirages    And my "faith" is just a scam    Will you still find me, is there a road home    For a bankrupt believer, defiant lamb?    When I'm out here all alone ...    A defiant lamb