Words and music by kyle matthews, ginny owens, dwight liles: bmg songs, inc.
(gospel division)/above the rim music (administered by bmg songs, inc.)
(ascap)

He could have prospered in the suburbs
Instead of working for the poor
Down at the inner-city mission
Where theres so much disappointment and very few rewards.
For every victory theres a failure
On these harsh and empty streets
But if you ask what keeps him going
Hell say, I know where Id be if christ had given up on me-

Chorus:
Beneath the symbol of a lost cause
Is where I take my stand.
Beneath the emblem of a roman cross
Of a sacrificial lamb.
Cause love never claims the victory
Till it finally gives its all.
And thats why the grave is empty
Beneath the symbol of a lost cause.

Ive been a slave to popular opinions,
And Ive memorized the gospel of success,
Ive had a taste of the politics of power
And the glamour that commands the worlds respect.
But when my eyes are turned to jesus,
Nailed on a cross to die for me,
I hear a cock crow in the distance
And it shatters my illusions and drives me to my knees-

Bridge:
Where the last and the least meet the prince of their peace,
Where the humble are honored and the hungry come to feast-