Krista Branch’s pro-Israel song is Amy Grant’s song about the Holocaust (and slavery)

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 Daniel Treiman just pointed out to me that "Lead Me On," the song Herman Cain surrogate Krista Branch labels as "pro-Israel," was originally recorded and co-written back in 1988 by Amy Grant. (Branch says so on her website.)

A number of sources — Wikipedia, SongFacts and this article in The Awl — say Grant wrote the song about slavery and the Holocaust, although I have yet to find an original citation.

Still, "Waiting for the train, labeled with a golden star," suggests that the Holocaust is clearly meant to be inferred.

Notably, however, nothing in the lyrics or in the video refers to Israel.  

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