Attalus - Safe - Into the Sea
Lyrics taken from "The Valley of Vision"
[Instrumental Section]
E C#m G#m E C#m G#m A
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Amaj7 C#m F#m C#m
E C#m G#m E C#m G#m A
E C#m G#m E C#m G#m A
Amaj7 C#m F#m C#m
Amaj7 C#m F#m C#m
Amaj7 C#m F#m C#m
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E F#7 Am
[Verse]
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O LORD, I live here as a fish in a vessel of water, only enough to keep me alive,
F#7
but in heaven I shall swim in the ocean.
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Here I have a little air in me to keep me breathing, but there I shall have sweet and fresh gales;
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Here I have a beam of sun to lighten my darkness, a warm ray to keep me from freezing;
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yonder I shall live in light and warmth for ever. My natural desires are corrupt and misguided,
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and it is thy mercy to destroy them; My spiritual longings are of thy planting,
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and thou wilt water and increase them; Quicken my hunger and thirst after the realm above.
Am
Here I can have the world, there I shall have thee in Christ;
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Here is a life of longing and prayer, there is assurance without suspicion, asking without refusal;
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Here are gross comforts, more burden than benefit, there is joy without sorrow, comfort without suffering,
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love without inconstancy, rest without weariness. Give me to know that heaven is all love,
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where the eye affects the heart, and the continual viewing of thy beauty
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keeps the soul in continual transports of delight.
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Give me to know that heaven is all peace, where error, pride, rebellion, passion raise no head.
F#7 Am
Give me to know that heaven is all joy, the end of believing, fasting, praying, mourning, humbling, watching,
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and lead me to it soon.
[Outro]
E F#7 Am
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E G#m C#m E G#m A Dm