When Good Men Do Nothing

In the wake of another mass shooting, increasing violence, and several devastating natural disasters I wrote this. Usually I'm a bleeding heart type of person because there's not always something to say when tragedy strikes. But there are things that can be done, that should be done to help these thousands, even millions of hurting people and I would encourage us all to search our hearts, be in prayer, and ask God what it is we should do about these tragedies.

When Good Men Do Nothing
I’m getting tired of grief
I’m getting tired of death
I’m getting tired of disaster after disaster
Can we do something about them instead?
There comes a time when tears are rendered worthless
Where crying’s just a face for lethargy
You cannot say you care
If you will not dare
To do something
 
We have unchecked terror in our large cities
We have natural disasters everywhere we turn
We’ve got bitter, selfish people, each of them saying
It’s gonna be alright
So we just go along and hide behind our grief
 
None of us are innocent in injustice
We either play along or choose to fight against it
And I’ve been watching everything play along the sidelines
Saying I will be in prayer instead
But faith without works is dead
My righteous anger without action is false
And I’ve just been sitting here
With my eyes full, my hand behind my ear
So I can hear it and grieve it all
Still
Chorus
Sometimes pain is so great we cannot answer it
And sometimes there’s nothing we can do
But these days are the days when we should act
The days when we should face the truth
We all are accomplices if we don’t stand, if we don’t fight
For evil persists when good men do nothing
Chorus