Hell Is Burning While the Church Sleeps Songtext
von Steve Camp

Oh, I heard all the stories
′Bout the mighty things you've done
You say you′d risk it all in the end to save someone
But now you love money
More than you love the Lord
And your life is filled with things
That your soul cannot afford

Hell is burning while the church sleeps
Don't you know
Hell is burning while the church is asleep
While we're stuck and abused
As they′re dying in our streets, you know
Hell is burning while the church is asleep


We all heard about a brother
Who was slipping away
We passed around his problems
Like hors d′oeuvres on a tray
Some of them were rumor
Some of them were fact
As we went to lift him up
We just prayed him in the back

Hell is burning while the church sleeps
Don't you know
Hell is burning while the church is asleep
While we′re stuck and abused
As they're dying in our streets, you know
Hell is burning while the church is asleep, oh, oh
Yeah

Outside the battle rages on
Inside it′s nice and safe and warm
No need to ever be alarmed
Like our dear brother Keith once said
"We're sewn up bad, but still we′re dead"
We need to hear it once again


While we burn away the hours
By the light of our TV
Pat and Ben will tell us
There's a wheel to meet our need
But we've got a job to do
We must do it very well
If we care to live the truth
We can rescue our neighbor from Hell

Hell is burning while the church sleeps
Come on, awake
Hell is burning while the church is asleep
While we′re stuck and abused
As they′re dying in our streets, I said
Hell is burning while the church is asleep
Oh, Hell is burning while the church sleeps
Oh, Hell is burning while the church is asleep
While we're stuck and abused
While they′re dying in our streets, you know
Hell is burning while the church is asleep

(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Hell is burning while the church is asleep)
Don't you know
Hell is burning while the church is asleep
Hell is burning while the church is asleep
While we′re stuck and abused
As they're dying in our streets, you know
Hell is burning while the church is asleep
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Hell is burning while the church is asleep)