Jars of Clay
Rain, rain on my face
It hasn't stopped raining for days
My world is a flood
Slowly I become one with the mud
But if I can't swim after forty days
and my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall Lift me up
Lift me up - when I'm falling
Lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying
Lift me up - I need you to hold me
Lift me up - Keep me from drowning again
Downpour on my soul
Splashing in the ocean, I'm losing control
Dark sky all around
I can't feel my feet touching the ground
Calm the storms that drench my eyes
Dry the streams still flowing
Cast down all the waves of sin
And guilt that overthrow me
Lift me up - when I'm falling
Lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying
Lift me up - I need you to hold me
Lift me up - Keep me from drowning again
Jars of Clay
It was the fear of God that led me to you
And it's the fear of you that takes getting used to
I've never been one to hang my heart on a thread
But you spun me around and you loved me instead
I know I could turn to something other than you
'Cause I don't understand you and why you're after me
I've never been the saint you wanted me to turn to
And I can't see the view from the eyes you look at me through, oh no
But I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright
So cut below the surface and try hard not to notice
That I could be so foolish thinkin' I'm alright
I've got no one to hold me, I've got no one to carry
Everything inside of me that I won't let you see
Jars of Clay
I never minded calling You a King
If that meant that I could count on You
To give me everything
I never thought to ask You
I always thought You knew
It was never my intention to question You
You never minded calling me a child
Well, I guess that's how I acted all the while
But You live through every tantrum,
You see through every lie
Though they seem to be more common
I just wanted You to know why oh why
Unforgetful You, unforgetful
Unforgetful You, so unforgetful
You never minded giving us the stars
Then showing us how blind and unaware of You we are
You painted me a picture and showed me how to see
Though I just won't behold it
Unless it pertains to me...
Jars of Clay
A flower for your vanity, a penny for your thoughts
About the world's insanity and how we've gotten lost
Strike up the band to play a song as we go waltzing by
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
Goodbye, oh goodbye
Say a prayer for recognition, kiss the ones you love
Gather up the ammunition, sigh for all the lost
Strike up the band to play a song as we go waltzing by
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
Raise a glass for ignorance, drink a toast to fear
The beginning of the end has come that's why we all are here
Strike up the band to play a song and try hard not to cry
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
Goodbye
If you put your arms around me, could it change the way I feel. I guess I let myself believe that the outside might just bleed it�s way in. Maybe stir the sleeping past lying under glass. Waiting for the kiss to break this awful spell. Pull me out of this lonely hell. Close my eyes and hold my heart. Cover me and make me normal. Change this something normal into something beautiful. What I get from my reflection isn�t what I thought I�d see. Give me reason to believe you�d never leave me incomplete. Will you untie this loss of mine, it so easily defines me. Do you see it on my face. That all I can think about is how long I�ve been waiting to feel you move me. Close my eyes and hold my heart. Cover me and make me normal. Change this something normal into something beautiful
I watch you smile, you steal the show. You take a bow, the curtain falls in front of you. You�re magical, on display. I gaze into your eyes, you turn to look the other way. But I�d really love to know. I�d really love to climb my way into your heart and see what I could find. I�d walk into your skin, swim through your veins. See it from your eyes. Cause I�d really love to try, yeah. Standing still but in my mind trying to escape. Looking for a place to hide. It�s not safe but I�m so near. Invading every place you go to disappear. I�d really love to know. I�d really love to climb my way into your heart, and see what I could find. I�d walk into your skin, swim through your veins. See it from your eyes. I�d really love to try. I�d really love to know. I�d really love to climb into your soul. Walk into your skin, swim through your veins. See it from your eyes. I�d really love to try. I�d really love to try. I want to get inside the you you�re hiding from. I want to get inside the you that you�re hiding from.
Be still let your hand melt into mine. The part of me that breathes when you breath is losing time. I can�t find the words to say I�ll never say goodbye. I�ll fly with you through the night so you know I�m not letting go. I�m not letting go. My tears like rain fill up the sky. Oh my love I�m not letting go, I won�t let you go. I saw the host of silent angels waiting on their own. Knowing all the promises of faith come alive when you see home. Hold still and let your hand melt into mine. Shed your heart and your breath and your pain and fly. Now you�re alive. I�ll fly with you through the night so you know I�m not letting go. I�m not letting go. Tears like rain fill up the sky. Oh my love I�m not letting go, I won�t let you go. I�m not letting go, I won�t let you go
Take, take till there�s nothing, nothing to turn to. Nothing when you get through. Won�t you break, scatter pieces of all I�ve been. Bowing to all I�ve been running to. I, I got a question, I got a question - Where are you? Did you leave me unbreakable? Leave me frozen? I�ve never felt so cold. I thought you were silent. I thought you left me for the wreckage and the waste. On an empty beach of faith. Was it true? Scream, deeper I wanna scream. I want you to hear me, I want you to find me. I want to believe but all I pray is wrong and all I claim is gone. I, I got a question, I got a question - Where are you? Where are you?
It seems to easy to call you "Savior" not close enough to call you "God" So I sit and think of words I can mention to show my devotion "I want to fall in love with You" "my heart beats for You"