Stranger by Ellen Miles Lyrics

Hearing you now, my God
Poison, I soaked it in
Shame on my heaving heart
Shame on the love within

I see your eyes, they’re warm
I know that you mean well
So when will you see your faith
Built me a prison cell?

I am a stranger
I’ve found myself at last
Amongst the hated
Your filthy and vile outcasts
I am a danger
Your children are told beware
Of the stranger

How can you say I’m home
The one place my life’s on trial?
How can you say I’m loved
When so much of me’s despised?
I am a stranger
I’ve found myself at last
Amongst the hated
Your filthy and vile outcasts
I am a danger
Your children are told beware
Of the stranger

You say you’re sad I’m leaving
You say your God is grieving
Your beautiful chains are choking me
It’s like you’re upset that I’m breathing

I am a stranger
I’ve found myself at last
Amongst the hated
Your filthy and vile outcasts
I am a danger
Your children are told beware
Of the stranger