I’ve been thinking through the past And remembering the pain There’s a world of difference Between now and then ’cause your love is washing over me I can touch the change inside It feels like real life Though sometimes it hurts to face the truth It feels like real life ’cause i’m growing closer to

Sitting at the table in a kitchen conversation You spilled the words you read just yesterday He said, “be perfect, perfect as i am” “how can this be done,” you ask When every time i try to be Someone with such a mastery, i see how weak i am I said, “see the sweet dichotomy

There are times i catch my breath, just to let it go again Funny how i don’t forget to breathe The air, it comes and goes with or without my control Something in me just takes over I want to love like breathing Spontaneous, like breathing Imagine just how lovely it would be I know

We don’t say much When we’re around each other I wish you’d tell me How you feel We do so much Dancing around each other Won’t you reach out And pull me in? So many things i wish you’d say So much i would change But i would let these wishes go Push them all

Constant, this stream of distractions Runs constantly under my feet I keep tripping along Wishing i were stronger But i know somewhere up ahead Is a place where waters still run deep They’re whispering come Beckoning me on Constant is my father’s calling me To follow him against the current I continue on in his

Hidden, so well hidden in this picture Why can’t i be drawn outside these lines? Willing just to vanish in your shadow What would wear away this thin disguise? Surrounded by myself i get so tired of me But i know, i know what i need Wish i could disappear inside you, disappear Hidden in

Young lovers, without much Save each other, isn’t that enough Paint the future, a little day by day Making plans with no regard for what might come our way This cup fills up so quickly There’s so much on our plate Between the living and the learning Some things must wait So we never got

I’m gonna walk by faith, an’ not by sight ’cause i can’t see straight in the broad daylight I’m gonna walk by faith, an’ not by fear ’cause i believe in the one who brought me here I’m standing on the edge of whatever Whatever he has planned for me My next step will be

She counts the hours As she recounts her tears This day in life feels like a thousand years But in the changing light of time it only forms In her mind, she smiles and sings the song that pulls her through If i know you You will turn this day Into a perfect surprise If

Sometimes this life of mine Feels like a tight rope I’m going slow, watching where i walk And all this tension It keeps me on my toes But if i start to fall You steady me When i lose my step And i start to stumble over the edge Steady me And once again It

The people said this desert never ends We have no bread our throats are dry Our heads are heavy and our feet need rest Has he left us here to die? And we’ve forgotten all his words As if we never heard We take our hearts and turn away But he is not silent He

In the name of love God is reaching down to us Through the human touch Something we all need so much Sharing the embrace Encircling the saints All we need is to reach out to touch All these open hands in front of us All we need is to hold out his love Share it