Merciful

                        I beared my soul last night  
                        Though my words fell to pieces
                        I think I got to you...
                        You opened up your hands
                        And the wounds you collected
                        bled every word I said...

                        When I'm running in circles
                        You would cry for me
                        When I'm dirty and I'm cursing
                        You're my cleansing sea

        Chorus:         Merciful, why are you with me now?
                        I'll never be like you
                        Everyday I am falling down
                        Still you hold me high
                        Merciful, what do you see in me?

                        Forgive me for these things
                        that I do to another
                        and usually it's you...
                        I don't know where I'd walk
                        Or if I could see
                        without your life, my light...

                        I'd be running in circles
                        You would die for me
                        I'd be dirty with my curses
                        Drowning in my sea

                                    (Chorus)
        Bridge:         You're so beautiful to me Merciful...
                        When I've clouded my vision
                        You let if flow under the bridge
                        You've patiently waited
                        when I'm in the holes I dig
                        You soften the punches 
                        in every hit I take 
                        You're there when I sleep
                        and there when I wake....

                                      (Chorus out) 


             Words and Music written by Janet Rains  c. 1998