[verse]

A wise young man called by the East

With words of light his mind released

The mysteries hidden from the blind

Yet stones became his fate unkind

[pre-chorus]

No voice could rise to plead his case

No law could stand to show him grace

[chorus]

Stephen Stephen shining bright

Filling earth with radiant light

Still he walks among us now

Yet war persists we don’t know how

[verse]

The first dark age with rage was filled

By death’s cruel empire blood was spilled

They chased the wise and burned the true

And Stephen fell like others do

[pre-chorus]

No voice could rise to plead his case

No law could stand to show him grace

[chorus]

Stephen Stephen shining bright

Filling earth with radiant light

Still he walks among us now

Yet war persists we don’t know how

[break]

[verse]

The streets still weep the schools still cry

Beneath the yoke where dreams go die

The unjust hand still holds its sway

While idols steal the light away

[pre-chorus]

No voice could rise to plead his case

No law could stand to show him grace

[chorus]

Stephen Stephen shining bright

Filling earth with radiant light

Still he walks among us now

Yet war persists we don’t know how

[outro]