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At my school marching band is a big deal. Our marching band is one of the best in the state, and this weekend was one of the opportunities to proove that, a competition at UW-Whitewater. Everyone was psyched on Friday, the only worry being that our biggest competitor might beat us out for first. They did. But still, we got second, and that's worth celebrating, right?

Except, no one is celebrating this weekend. As you may have heard on the news, Chippewa Falls High School's bus, heading back from the competition, collided with a semi on the freeway at about 2am this morning. 5 people were killed, including the band director and his 11-year-old granddaughter, and 29 were injured.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,172394,00.html

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You have lead me to the sadness
I have carried this pain
On my back, bruised and nearly broken
I'm crying out to You

[chorus]
I will sing of Your mercy
That leads me through valleys of sorrow
To rivers of joy

When death, like a gypsy
Comes to steal what I love
I will still look to the heavens
I will still seek Your face

But I fear You aren't listening
Because there are no words
Just the stillness and the hunger
For a faith that is Yours

[chorus]
I will sing of Your mercy
That leads me through valleys of sorrow
To rivers of joy

Alleluia, alleluia
Alleluia, alleluia

While we wait for rescue
With our eyes tightly shut
Face to the ground, using our hands
To cover the fatal cut

Though the pain is an ocean
Tossing us around, around, around
You have calmed greater waters
Higher mountains have come down