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