Intro
Fm Fm D# A#
Fm G# Fm
Lost in Darkness, hands outstretched
D# A#
And I wonder...
Fm
God where are you?
G# Fm
I'm drowning in the mess I've made
D#
I can't do this on my own
A#
I'm crying out but I still feel alone
G# D# A#
Yearning for a distant time when when I was your own
Fm G#
Wondering if I ever even knew you at all
D# A#
God how can I face them all, they're haunting me;
Fm G#
Violent voices screaming "this ain't who you outta be."
Fm G# Fm
So I asking to come and hold my heart
D# A#
Father hold my heart
Fm
So to continue the metaphor
D# A#
The water's rising quicker than ive еver seen before
Fm
And I look up, see anothеr wave coming
G# D#
It's caught me in its undertow and I know to start swimming away
I'm gonna have to leave behind that which I've clung to
A#
And trust in Him instead of doing what I do
Fm
And I'm so scared cause I've been here before
G#
And I don't think that I could take this back and forth any more
D#
This time I promise you that I've found my way
A#
I'm through with this sick carnival and I'm so tired of drifting away
G# D# A#
It's been way too long since I last felt the warmth of your embrace
Fm
Now it's time to come home
G# D#
Wash me, cleanse me, save me God!
A#
The stains of my sin have soaked my skin
Fm D# G#
I'm screaming for you now I am deep down in the mud I cannot find my way
Cm
So I take a stroke, but then I'm pulled back down
Cm G# A# Cm
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Fm
No one's good
Cm
No one's good
Cm G# A# Cm
Why do good things happen to bad people?
Fm
Because He loves me
G#
Because He loves me
A# Cm G#
Because He calls me His child, although I have sinned
A# Cm G#
In the midst of the silence, He's moving within
A# G#
Within
D# A#
It's been way too long since I last felt the warmth of your embrace
Fm D# G#
Now it's time to come home
D#
Wash me, cleanse me, save me God!
A#
The stains of my sin have soaked my skin
Fm D# G#
I'm screaming for you now I am deep down under now I cannot find my way
Fm
So I start to swim to shore but it’s too hard
D# A#
Father it’s too hard
(N.C. For a Beat)
A# G#
And out of the raging sea
D#
I'm lifted by His hand
A#
An angel dragged me to dry land