At the end of this run down tenement hall Is the room of a girl I know She cowers behind all the dead bolt locks Afraid of the outside world
So how should I come to the one I love? I will find a way
Many thieves and collectors have used that door But they only brought her shame So she won't even open it anymore Still I will find a way
I could call out her name with love through the walls But condemnation is all she hears I could break down the door and take her into my arms But she might die from the fear
So how should I come to the one I love? I will find a way, I will find a way How should I come to the one I love? I will find a way
No hiding place ever kept her safe So she hides inside herself Now to reach her heart the only way Is to hide in there as well I will hide in there as well
She gave up on love waiting for a change But a change is coming soon How could she not love the helpless babe Who is waking in her womb?
I found way, I found a way
She'll know I am coming before I am here When she hangs her head she'll see me there And then when I come she won't run away All the beauty and joy will return to her face And what of the loneliness? Now it is gone Lost in the bond of a mother and son Every sin that she suffered at the hands of men Every single disgrace will be washed clean again I will love her completely and when I am grown I will carry her out of that tenement room I am doing a new thing and soon you will see I am coming among you and my name shall be Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel