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Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows
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Aug 5, 2026 updated
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Petra's 'Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows' critiques the church's tendency to isolate itself from the world's suffering. The song describes believers hiding behind comfortable traditions, ignoring the desperate needs outside, and thereby dimming the light of the gospel. It challenges listeners to move beyond self-satisfaction and engage with the brokenness around them, reminding that true faith involves reaching out rather than retreating. The lyrics use vivid imagery to call for authenticity and compassion, urging the church to open its doors and let God's light shine through action.
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Another sleepy Sunday, safe within the walls
Outside a dying world in desperation calls
But no-one hears the cries, or knows what they're about
The doors are locked within, or is it from, without...
Looking through rose colored stained glass windows
Never allowing the world to come in
Seeing no evil and feeling no pain
Making the light as it comes from within, so dim...
Out on the doorstep lay the masses in decay
Ignore them long enough, maybe they'll go away
When you have so much you think, you have so much to lose
You think you have no lack, when you're really destitute
Looking through rose colored stained glass windows - stained glass windows!
Never allowing the world to come in - they won't lemmie come in!
Seeing no evil and feeling no pain - no feel, no pain!
Making the light as it comes from within, so dim - the light's so dim!
- so dim - the light's so dim!
Looking through rose colored stained glass windows
Never allowing the world to come in
Seeing no evil and feeling no pain
Making the light as it comes from within, so dim, so dim!