Thursday, July 22, 2004

"Worlds Apart" by Jars of Clay



    I am the only one to blame for this
    Somehow it all adds up the same
    Soaring on the wings of selfish pride
    I flew too high and like Icarus I collide
    With a world I try so hard to leave behind
    To rid myself of all but love
    to give and die

    To turn away and not become
    Another nail to pierce the skin of one who loves
    more deeply than the oceans,
    more abundant than the tear
    Of a world embracing every heartache

    Can I be the one to sacrifice
    Or grip the spear
    and watch the blood and water flow

    To love you - take my world apart
    To need you - I am on my knees
    To love you - take my world apart
    To need you - broken on my knees

    All said and done I stand alone
    Amongst remains of a life I should not own
    It takes all I am to believe
    In the mercy that covers me

    Did you really have to die for me?
    All I am for all you are
    Because what I need and what I believe
    are worlds apart

    I look beyond the empty cross
    forgetting what my life has cost
    and wipe away the crimson stains
    and dull the nails that still remain
    More and more I need you now,
    I owe you more each passing hour
    the battle between grace and pride
    I gave up not so long ago
    So steal my heart and take the pain
    and wash the feet and cleanse my pride
    take the selfish, take the weak,
    and all the things I cannot hide
    take the beauty, take my tears
    the sin-soaked heart and make it yours
    take my world all apart
    take it now, take it now
    and serve the ones that I despise
    speak the words I can't deny
    watch the world I used to love
    fall to dust and thrown away
    I look beyond the empty cross
    forgetting what my life has cost
    so wipe away the crimson stains
    and dull the nails that still remain
    so steal my heart and take the pain
    take the selfish, take the weak
    and all the things I cannot hide
    take the beauty, take my tears
    take my world apart, take my world apart
    I pray, I pray, I pray
    take my world apart

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