When all is lost, there seems no turning back

When all is lost, there seems no turning back;
when friends are gone, while gain has turned to lack;
when life has left us in a crumpled heap,
we slip and slide, we agonise and weep.

Sometimes our lives are spun, flipped upside down,
the royal are poor, the beggar wears a crown.
The things we thought were safe have been disturbed.
Can we regain a faith that has been curbed?

Verse 3 follows

Tune: QUEDLINBURG; TRISAGION (Smart)
Metre: 10.10.10.10

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)

Words © 23/2/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. 

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