Evil Eyes
Copyright 2023 Two Servants
(Based on the poem "Evil Eyes" by Joseph Stephen, from More Than Meets The Eye C2012
Inspired by the movie Sound of Freedom.)
This track is featured on At Heaven's Gates.
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Verse 1:
Thousands of innocent children each day,
Are forced into bondage and traded as slaves.
Snatched from their families and sent far away,
To gratify lusts of the rich and depraved.

Chorus:
And we all stand guilty if we turn away.
And we all stand guilty if we turn away.

Verse 2:
Lulled into thinking our children are safe,
Nothing can touch them, “won’t happen to me.”
But evil eyes may be watching them now,
Waiting for the opportunity.

Instrumental

Bridge:
If I walk by and do nothing.
It means I agree with what’s happening.
If I walk by and do nothing.
It means I agree with what’s happening.

Verse 3:
Starved and tortured, their innocence stolen,
Savagely assaulted, their spirit broken.
It’s time to start teaching the next generation
To honour the women and children we love.

Chorus.

Bridge.

Verse 4:
The promiscuous culture amongst our youth,
Can be transformed by the gospel’s truth,
Or they might just be the ones willing to pay,
To defile our own precious children one day.

Chorus.

Bridge.
If I walk by ...




Original poem:


Evil Eyes
The Scourge of Child Trafficking
6 November 2012
Joseph K Stephen

Thousands of innocent children each day,
Are forced into bondage and traded as slaves.
Snatched from their families and sent far away,
To gratify lusts of the rich and depraved.

Impoverished families peddle their children,
Who are promised an affluent future.
But what happens to each precious treasure,
Is hell upon earth beyond measure.

It’s worse than abortion for they go on enduring,
Longing for parents to comfort their fears,
Their abusers unfeeling, their pain unrelenting.
Hardened by cruelty, futile their tears.

Starved and tortured, their innocence stolen,
Savagely assaulted, their spirit broken.
Forced to serve men, daily more than a dozen,
Discarded as refuse, their lives left in ruin.

Complacent we think that Wilberforce triumphed,
Slavery abolished through his diligent stand,
A million times worse, it goes on unabated,
While Christians relax with their head in the sand.

Lulled into thinking our children invulnerable,
Nothing can touch them, “it won’t happen to me.”
But even around you, evil eyes may be watching,
Waiting for just the right opportunity.

It’s somebody’s daughter, it’s somebody’s son,
It’s not just a nameless, faceless one.
Not just a statistic, a number out there,
Each one of them precious, each one of them dear.

Most go unreported where nobody cares,
Only the rich get attention for theirs.
A handful are rescued but forever scarred,
But the cry of the majority continues unheard.

The tragedy too is just who is involved,
It explains why such cases are rarely solved.
Judges, Policemen, politicians as well.
All contribute to this network from hell.

Be vigilant oh parent, be on your guard.
No child is safe, even in their back yard.
But knowledge is power in the hands of the wise,
Our children must learn that snares are disguised.

Don’t blame God for man’s deprave action.
He made all things good at the start of creation.
He gave us laws for our own protection,
But our hearts are deceitful, with wicked affection.

We despise God’s law, it “stifles expression”,
Unless someone’s crime threatens our freedom.
We would rather be free from law’s bounding fence,
And then blame God with the sad consequence.

It’s time to make a bold stand in the church,
To speak against the pornographical scourge.
But it plagues many pastors just the same,
So the church remains silent to its own shame.

Empty the closet of skeleton bones.
Take stock of the media which fills our homes.
Remove the fuel and extinguish the flame.
Till this sin is forsaken, we’re part of the blame.

As Christians we must do all that we can,
To stop this self-centred satisfaction of man.
It starts with us teaching the next generation,
To value and protect all women and children.

The promiscuous culture amongst our youth,
Must be transformed by the gospel’s truth,
Or they might just be the ones willing to pay,
To defile your own precious child one day.