Original Hymns from All-Creatures.org

We Will Not Fall Asleep Again
By Tams Nicholson, July 2026

[Verse 1 — Wakefulness]
We once sat quiet in the pews,
With awakening hearts and lowered eyes,
While mercy whispered through the noise,
And holy grief began to rise.
We heard the sparrow, lamb, and calf,
The captives’ cry, the hidden slain;
And Christ, who broke our hardened hearts,
Awoke us to all the creatures’ pain.

[Chorus]
We will not fall asleep again,
We will not turn our eyes away;
The Lord has called us into love,
And love has taught our hearts to stay.
Though some voices may mock mercy’s path,
And others will call such compassion strange,
We stand beneath the cross of Christ,
Where wounded hearts are healed and changed.

[Verse 2 — Resistance]
When brothers laugh and sisters sigh,
And say our love has gone too far,
When they dismiss the lives God made,
And name such compassion “not their part,”
We will not trade the truth for ease,
Or bury what the Spirit showed;
For the Lord did not make love convenient,
He made love to carry heavy loads.

[Chorus]
We will not fall asleep again,
We will not turn our eyes away;
The Lord has called us into love,
And love has taught our hearts to stay.
Though some voices may mock mercy’s path,
And others will call such compassion strange,
We stand beneath the cross of Christ,
Where wounded hearts are healed and changed.

[Verse 3 — Proclamation]
We know that every life is His,
The breath, the body, blood, and bone;
No being forgotten by His gaze,
No suffering hidden from His throne.
The table set by mercy’s hand
Has room for peace, not fear or knife;
The kingdom Christ proclaimed to all
Is resurrection, love, and life.

[Bridge — Holy Courage]
Not with anger, not with shame,
Not to wound in Jesus’ name,
But with courage, clear and kind,
We leave the world’s old lies behind.
When they bid our voices cease,
We will speak the truth of peace;
When they say, “No harm is done,”
We will stand fast with His Son.

[Verse 4 — Victory in Christ]
The victory is not our pride,
Nor proving we were right at last;
It is the Lamb who conquers death,
And frees creation from the past.
So make us faithful, make us brave,
Make us gentle, make us true;
Until Your peaceable kingdom comes,
And all freed creation sings for You.

[Final Chorus]
We will not fall asleep again,
We will not turn our eyes away;
The Lord has called us into love,
And love has taught our hearts to stay.
Though some voices may mock mercy’s path,
And others will call such compassion strange,
We stand beneath the cross of Christ,
Where wounded hearts are healed and changed.

[Tag]
Awake in mercy, led by His grace,
We follow Christ to every place;
Where wounded lives are cast aside,
We stand with Christ, the Crucified.

“We Will Not Fall Asleep Again”
Lyrics: Tams Nicholson.
Music/Vocals: Generated with Suno AI under the direction of Tams Nicholson
Production/Concept/Editing/Finalized: Tams Nicholson.
© 2026 Tams Nicholson for original lyrics. AI-generated musical/vocal elements created using Suno.

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Posted on All-Creatures.org: July 13, 2026
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