The Anthem (Tom Conry)

The UC Davis Newman Center 11am mass choir of 2011-12 sings Tom Conry's The Anthem, an upbeat hymn. I was told it was originally sang at a much slower pace, but this is how we do it, especially for the recessional. Lyrics Refrain
 We are called, we are chosen.
 We are Christ for one another.
 We are promised to tomorrow,
while we are for him today.
 We are sign, we are wonder.
 We are sower, we are seed.
 We are harvest, we are hunger.
 We are question, we are creed.

 1. Then where can we stand justified?
 In what can we believe?
 In no one else but he who suffered,
nothing more than he who rose.
 Who was justice for the poor. Who was rage against the night.
 Who was hope for peaceful people.
 Who was light.

 (Refrain) 2. Then how are we to stand at all,
this world of bended knee?
 In nothing more than barren shadows.
 No one else but he could save us.
 Who was justice for the poor.
 Who was rage against the night.
 Who was hope for peaceful people.
 Who was light.

 (Refrain) 3. Then shall we not stand empty
at the altar of our dreams:
 When he promised us ourselves.
 Who mark time against tomorrow.
 Who are justice for the poor.
 Who are rage against the night.
 Who are hope for peaceful people.
 Who are light. (Refrain)