So close to your glory, O God,
and yet so very far.
Rachel’s lament fills our ears
from a shul in Monsey, NY to
spiked underpasses in London.
So close to your glory, O God,
and yet so very far.
Rachel’s cries resound among
the Uygur in Xinjiang, China
and firefighters in Australia.
So close to your glory, O God,
and yet so very far.
So far, so far, so far.
And so very close.