Why Have You Forsaken Me? | Song
Why Have You Forsaken Me? is a musical reflection inspired by Psalm 22—the Psalm that begins with an anguished question and ultimately moves toward hope.
From David’s cry to Jesus’ words from the cross, this song explores those seasons when God seems distant, wounds remain, and answers refuse to come. Yet beneath every question remains a stubborn confession of faith:
Still, You are my God.
A song for the questions, the wounds, and the hope—and for anyone discovering that even in the darkest places, Christ has been here too.
Lyrics by Matt Tullos
Music and arrangement created with Suno.
Why are you forsaking me? My God. Why does the wonder me? My God. Why have they rejected me? My God. Do you know the pain? Hear my plea, my disjointed cry. See my scars, hear their words to fight. Oh God, the promises seem empty when agony abides in me. I've looked and yet I see no hand. I've searched for fingerprints of grace. I've scanned this dry and barren land. I long to see your face. My God, when can I find your peace? My God, where can I run? My God, when all the answers cease when darkness hides the sun. Still you are my God. Still you are my God, when I cannot see you, when I cannot feel you, still you are my God. Through the silence in the skies, through the questions in my heart, even when the darkness falls, still you are my God, and from a hill outside the walls, I hear a wounded savor cry. The very words I've prayed alone, my God, my God, why? You know the sting of mocking words, you know the loneliness of pain, you know the silence of the heavens, you know the womb that still remains. Still you am my God, still you are my God, when I cannot see you, when I cannot feel you, still you am my God, through the silence in the sky, through the questions in my heart, even when the dark stars, still you are my god, you have been it, you have felt this woman, you have bought this darkness, you have cried these words, you have born rejection, you have carried shame, and somewhere in my suffering I hear you call my name. But sorrow does not end the song, and darkness does not have the final word, the cry becomes a song of praise, and all the earth will hear. So I will tell the generations, I will speak of what you've done. The God who met me in the darkness will lead me toward the sun, still you are my God, still you are my God When I cannot see when I cannot feel you, still you are my God through the silence in the skies, through the questions in my heart, even when the darkness falls. Still you are my God.
