The President Sang Amazing Grace-Kronos Quartet/Meklit

[ti:The President Sang Amazing Grace] [ar:Kronos Quartet/Meklit/Zoe Mulford] [al:The President Sang Amazing Grace (feat. Meklit)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The President Sang Amazing Grace - Kronos Quartet (克罗诺斯四重奏)/Meklit [00:10.43]Lyrics by：Zoe Mulford [00:20.86]Composed by：Zoe Mulford [00:31.29]A young man came to a house of prayer [00:37.52]They did not ask what brought him there [00:43.62]He was not friend he was not kin [00:49.25]But they opened the door and let him in [00:57.35]And for an hour the stranger stayed [01:04.19]He sat with them and he seemed to pray [01:10.55]But then the young man drew a gun [01:16.88]And killed nine people old and young [01:27.01]In Charleston in the month of June [01:34.14]The mourners gathered in a room [01:40.97]The President came to speak some words [01:47.17]And the cameras rolled and the nation heard [01:55.63]But no words could say what must be said [02:02.12]For all the living and the dead [02:08.43]So on that day and in that place [02:16.79]The President sang Amazing Grace [02:25.87]The President sang Amazing Grace [02:37.05]We argued where to lay the blame [02:43.60]On one man's hate or our nation's shame [02:51.19]Some sickness of the mind or soul [02:57.39]And how the wounds might be made whole [03:07.61]But no words could say what must be said [03:13.77]For all the living and the dead [03:20.25]So on that day and in that place [03:28.79]The President sang Amazing Grace [03:38.14]My President sang Amazing Grace