While You Were Sleeping Songtext
von Casting Crowns

Oh, little town of Bethlehem
Looks like another silent night

Above your deep and dreamless sleep
A giant star lights up the sky
And while you′re lying in the dark
There shines an everlasting light
For the King has left His throne
And is sleeping in a manger tonight, tonight

Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
For God became a man and stepped into your world today
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history
As a city with no room for its King

While you were sleeping
While you were sleeping

Mary shivers in the cold
Trying to keep the Savior warm
Born among the animals wrapped in dirty rags because
There was no room for Him
In the world He came to save


Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
For God became a man and stepped into your world today
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history
As a city with no room for its King

While you were sleeping
While you were sleeping

United States of America, looks like another silent night
As we're sound asleep by philosophies
That save the trees and kill the children
And while we′re laying in the dark
There's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky

For the Bridegroom has returned
And has carried His bride away in the night
In the night

America, what will we miss while we are sleeping?
Will Jesus come again
And leave us slumbering where we lay?
America, will we go down in history
As a nation with no room for its King?

Will we be sleeping?
Will we be sleeping?

United States of America, looks like another silent night