Just Like Jonah

Just like Jonah in        the belly of the whale
Asking, "O God of the lowly, when will you deliver?"

I'm calling from the depths        in the middle of this cage
Of ribs these walls I'm kept        for me there's no escape

       In this hour I pray just like Jonah

I was shamed and so I hid        in sewn skins to cover sins
Am I worthy of your love        after being tossed from a God-forsaken ship

Are open eyes and nakedness worth        all the thorns and distance
From one already I        wondered if he ever really listened

       In this hour I pray just like Jonah
                                  just like Jonah

How will I gaze again        with weeds wrapped around my worried head
There are no temples at        the bottom of this underwater mountain - in this ocean

If and when I surface        I will pay my vow I once had broken
I will give you thanks        for the hand that caught me before I drowned in

       In this ocean I pray just like Jonah
                                  just like Jonah
                                  just like Jonah
                                  just like Jonah