Audrey Assad - New Song Lyrics

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New Song Lyrics by Audrey Assad

Far-off hymns and funeral marches sound the same again.

My ears are worn and weary strangers in a strange land

and I need a new song. I need a new song.

All I am is breath and vapor and shadow.

All I have is what I need and this I know.

I need a new song - I need a new song.

Waiting in the night for you. Burning in the sky for you.

There's an aching in my body, within my lungs.

This web of bones around my heart is coming undone.

I need a new song. I need a new song. I'm waiting in the night

for you - burning the sky for you. Waiting in the night for you

I'm burning in the sky for you. Words are failing... my melodies

falter; my voice is breaking; my heart is burning...

Because blessing and honour, and glory, and power and praise and

worship. They belong to you.

I need a new song.

I need a new song.

I need a new song...

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Audrey Assad - Slow Lyrics

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Slow Lyrics by Audrey Assad

You've drawn so close that it's hard to see you.

And you speak so softly that it's hard to hear you.

I guess that's what I get for inviting you in.

Because you took me at my word, and now I know that faith

is not a fire as much as it's a glow; a quiet, lovely burning

underneath the snow -- and it's not too much - it's just enough

to get me home. Love moves slow - love moves slow.

You've grown so dear that it's hard to miss you - and

You've come so near that it's hard to feel you. I guess

that's what I get when I let you move, because you take

me at my word, and now I know that faith is not a fire as much

as it's a glow - a steady humble lamp light in the window. And it's

not too much - it's just enough to get me home, because your love moves

slow - love moves slow. I heard that faith moves mountains. I know

it moves my feet to follow you. And maybe I'm a mountain, because it's

moving me to follow you.

And my faith is not a fire as much as it's a glow,

a little burning ember in my weary soul.

And it's not too much, it's just enough to give me hope.

Because your love moves slow. Yeah, your love moves slow.

So I move slow because you move slow.

Love moves slow.

Let's move slow.

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Audrey Assad - Wherever You Go Lyrics

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Wherever You Go Lyrics by Audrey Assad

There's a train leaving your heart tonight.

There's a silence inside your head and you're running from it.

Down the tracks on a midnight line.

There's a red moon in the sky and you're running from it.

But I'm coming for you wherever you go.

Wrestling angels till dawn breaks through

There's a blessing and a wound and you're running from it.

When all your demons are at your door

it's a soldier they're looking and you're running from it.

But I'm coming for you wherever you go.

Across the sea, the space between everything you think

You know - the things you keep and bury deep underneath

The melting snow - I'll follow.

I'll follow.

Fathers & mothers don't always come through

but I'm never gonna stop following you

Prophets and lovers don't always hold true

but I'm never gonna stop falling for you

So when your wine's all gone and your well runs dry,

Open your hands and look into my eyes; all that you see here,

you'll soon leave behind, so open your hands and look into my eyes.

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Audrey Assad - Lament Lyrics

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Lament Lyrics by Audrey Assad

I'm Mary and I'm Martha all at the same time;

I'm sitting at His feet and yet I'm dying to be recognized.

I am a picture of contentment and I'm dissatisfied.

Why is it easy to work and hard to rest sometimes?

I'm restless, and I rustle like a thousand tall trees;

I'm twisting and I'm turning in an endless daydream.

You wrestle me at night and I wake in search of You...

but try as I might, I just can't catch You

But I want to, because I need You, yes, I need You

I can't catch You, but I want to.

How long, how long until I'm home?

I'm so tired, so tired of running

How long until You come for me?

I'm so tired, so tired of running

I'm so tired, so tired of running

I'm so tired, so tired of running

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Audrey Assad - No Turning Back Lyrics

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No Turning Back Lyrics by Audrey Assad

My little heart is swelling with a song from somewhere else!

It's filling up with glory and I'm ringing like a bell

My little heart, my little heart is racing.

It's racing just to keep up with your love & live to tell

'cause it's all I know.

I'm following behind you.

I'm staying close beside you.

I've got nothing to lose, but I've got everything to find.

There's something in your laughter

that keeps me running after.

I'm breathing the beat of your heart and leaving the world behind.

No turning back

My violence, my vices, they don't keep me warm at night

My worries and wasted hopes look washed out in the light.

My little heart, my little heart is flying

My little heart, it longs for the kindness in your eyes, your eyes,

You're all I know.

Though none go with me

Still I will follow.

No turning back - no turning back

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Audrey Assad - Won Me Over Lyrics

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Won Me Over Lyrics by Audrey Assad

Was on the run, a road that I ruined,

chasing a lie I thought I believed in

Don't know why I do what I do

Running from you is running to you

You're everywhere... I couldn't escape

You never stop - you never do.

I was full of fear and prone to wander,

lost & lonely till the day you won me over.

I was halfway gone and going nowhere

Half alive until the day you won me over.

I should have known what I was missing

If I were you, I would have stopped chasing

Your love's too strong to let me go.

I was full of fear and prone to wander,

lost & lonely till the day you won me over.

I was halfway gone and going nowhere

Half alive until the day you won me over.

'Til you won me over. I was full of fear and

prone to wander. I was halfway gone & going

nowhere.

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Audrey Assad - O My Soul Lyrics

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O My Soul Lyrics by Audrey Assad

Rivers and stones and the trees of the field,

They sing in the night.

And a thousand tongues

lay deep in your lungs to raise to the sky.

Don't lie to yourself, o my soul, love your God.

Deep in your heart,

you feather and tar your folly and fear

expose them all for the fools

They are and the world comes clean.

Don't lie to yourself, o my soul, love your God.

Your worries will never love you -

They'll leave you all alone.

But your God will not.

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Audrey Assad - Breaking You Lyrics

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Breaking You Lyrics by Audrey Assad

You've been let down; it's true.

Your pain is so easy to see.

You're haunted by your history

& it feels like you got no escape.

Your life left you high and dry.

You used to be sure of yourself

But then your whole world went

to hell & tomorrow looks just like today.

So you lie in bed and you won't let the morning come in

You hide in your room feeding that fear, and it's killing you

Don't you know that it's killing me too? Your heartbreak

is breaking you.

I miss the light in your eyes

The hope that I found in your arms

Right now you don't know who you are

but I won't give up on you.

So you lie on your bed and you won't let the morning come in

and you hide in your room feeding that fer and it's killing you

Don't you know that it's killing me too? Your heartbreak

is breaking you

And you lost your fire - and your flame's gone out, & you're down on

your knees cause your life is not what you thought it would be.

But...

Lift up your head; help is on the way

& it won't pass you by; you just have to reach

out your hand.

Lift up your head; love is on His way

and He won't pass you by...

You just gotta reach out a hand

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Audrey Assad - Sparrow Lyrics

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Sparrow Lyrics by Audrey Assad

Why should I be lonely, long for Heaven & home,

when Jesus is my portion and a constant friend I know?

I sing because I'm happy - I sing because I'm free;

His eye's on the sparrow.

His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He's watching me.

Why should I be troubled when His tender word I hear? No.

I'll rest on His goodness in my doubt and in my fear.

I sing because I'm happy - I sing because I'm free.

His eye is on the sparrow. His eye is on the sparrow.

and I know, yeah, I sing because I'm happy.

I sing because I'm free. For his eye is on the sparrow.

His eye is on the sparrow & I know He's watching me.

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Audrey Assad - The Way You Move Lyrics

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The Way You Move Lyrics by Audrey Assad

I know that the hardest

part of love is not the

things I have to give, no...

It's what I give up - I'm giving up ground - I'm

trading in my solitude for safety now. All my pride,

it doesn't stand a chance against the way you move.

You're tearing up roots & breaking down walls.

I don't stand a chance at all against the way you move.

You're like a lion - standing

in my house - and you're taking off the

doors on your way in ... I got nothing left

to hide behind. You're reading all my faith & all

my fear in my eyes...

All my pride, you know it doesn't

stand a chance against the way

you move - you're tearing up my

roots & breaking down

walls - and I don't stand a

chance at all against the way

you move...

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Audrey Assad - Even The Winter Lyrics

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Even The Winter Lyrics by Audrey Assad

What if we find ourselves beneath the snow,

our warmest words all frozen in our throats

and all we feel is left out in the cold,

you & I?

What if the ice we tread is just too thin?

What if we can't escape the squall we're in?

What if our hearts of stone are permanent,

you & I?

Even the winter won't last forever...

We'll see the morning, we'll feel the sun

We'll wake up in April, ready & able

Sowing the seeds in the soil

of love

What if the days grow short & lose their light?

What if the coals burn black & the embers die

& we can't find each other in the night?

You and I...

What if the spring comes soon

& we're surprised?

What if the seasons help us realize,

some things are only proven over

time?

Even the winter won't last forever

We'll see the morning, we'll feel the sun

Even the darkness cannot disarm us

We'll break up the earth, because we know

that it's worth it

Sowing the seeds in the soil of our love.

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Audrey Assad - Blessed Are The Ones Lyrics

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Blessed Are The Ones Lyrics by Audrey Assad

We're tossing pennies in the well

empty pockets all turned out.

Happy, shining, blessed are the ones who hunger;

and when our poverty is plain, I try to burn it in my brain,

trace a line around your face to paint a picture.

So further up & further in - we have nowhere else to go.

As we plant the seeds of toil & tears, it's beauty we will sow.

Blessed are the ones, oh blessed are the ones. Blessed are the hungry ones.

Let's build a house with turned out doors, so we can share what love affords,

& pour ourselves out like a wine we've been saving

So when our well is running dry, or when we raise our glasses high -

happy, shining are the faces of the thirsty. So further up & further in,

we've nowhere else to go. Would you give us seeds of toil & tears?

It's beauty we will sow. Blessed are the ones, oh blessed are the ones,

blessed are the thirsty ones.

Love is all we need. So further up and further in, we got no place else to go;

and when all we have is what we need, it's joy that we will sow.

Blessed are the ones, oh, blessed are the ones, blessed are the hungry ones

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Audrey Assad - Known Lyrics

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Known Lyrics by Audrey Assad

As the dew falls on the blade

You have touched all this fragile frame

And as a mother knows her baby's face

You know me, You know me

As the summer air within my chest

I have breathed You deep down into my breast

And as You know the hairs upon my head

Every thought and every word I've said

Every thought and every word I've said

Savior, You have known me as I am

Healer, You have known me as I was

As I will be in the morning, in the evening

You have known me, yeah, You know me

Oh, and as the exhilaration of autumn's bite

Oh, You have brought these tired bones to brilliant life

And as the swallow knows, she knows the sky

This is how it is with You and I

Oh, this is how it is with You and I

Savior, You have known me as I am

Healer, You have known me as I was

As I will be in the morning, in the evening

You have known me, yeah, You know me

From the fall of my heart to the resurrection of my soul

You know me, God, and You know my ways

In my rising and my sitting down

You see me as I am, oh, see me as I am

And as a lover knows his beloved's heart

All the shapes and curves of her even in the dark

Oh, You have formed one in my inward parts

And You know me, You know me, yes

Savior, You, You have known me as I am

Oh, healer, You have known me as I was

As I will be in the morning, in the evening

You have known

You have known me, in the morning, in the evening

You've known me, God

In the morning, in the evening You have known me

Yeah, You've know me

You have always known me

You know me, God, You have known me

You have always known my heart

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Audrey Assad - For Love Of You Lyrics

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For Love Of You Lyrics by Audrey Assad

You live in a million places

Your fingerprints can be seen on a million faces

There is a trace of You in every hallelujah

Every song that I sing

And for love of You, I'm a sky on fire

And because of You, I come alive

It's Your sacred heart within me beating

Your voice within me singing out

For love of You, oh, for love of You

It's all You, yeah

You are the highway I travel

'Cause I watched You carve streets of gold from the sand and gravel

I gave You brokenness, You gave me innocence

And now this road leads to glory

And for love of You, I'm a sky on fire

And because of You, I come alive

And it's Your sacred heart within me beating

Your voice within me singing out

For love of You, yeah

You are my deepest longing and so I see You everywhere

It's You I'm chasin' after

'Cause I am captivated by who You are and how You move

I'll follow You forever

For love of You, I'm a sky on fire

Because of You, I come alive, yeah

For love of You, I'm a sky on fire

Because of You, I come alive

It's Your sacred heart within me beating

Your voice within me singing out

For love of You, oh, for love of You

Oh, so, for love of You, God

And everything I do

Oh, so, for the love of You, You

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Audrey Assad - The House You're Building Lyrics

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The House You're Building Lyrics by Audrey Assad

Yeah, these are old shoes that I've been walking in

I'm wearing weary like it's a second skin

I've been looking for a place to lay my head

All this time like a vagabond

A homeless stranger, I've been wandering

All my life You've been calling me to a home

You know I've been needing, I'm a broken stone

So lay me in the house You're building

Yeah, come on

You are a shelter for every misfit soul

We are the four walls and You're the cornerstone

You are, and You're the solid rock that we are built upon

All this time like a vagabond

A homeless stranger, I've been wandering

All my life You've been calling me to a home

You know that I've been needing, I'm a broken stone

So lay me in the house You're building

'Cause in You I find my meaning, yeah

And in You I find my beauty

All this time like a vagabond

A homeless stranger, I've been wandering

All my life You've been calling me to a home

You know I've been needing

All this time like a vagabond

A homeless stranger, I've been wandering

All my life You've been calling me to a home

You know I've been needing, I'm a broken stone

So lay me in the house You're building

Lay me in the house You're building

In the house You're building

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Audrey Assad - Breaking Through Lyrics

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Breaking Through Lyrics by Audrey Assad

I am a blind man trying to find the way

A deaf man with my ear to the ground

Just listening for what You say

I've got no voice to sing the songs

Written by the prophets on the subway walls

The kingdom is a golden table and we are beggars all

Are these just some words that I say aloud?

Is this just the sun breaking through the clouds?

Oh, I know it's more and I know somehow that

Heaven is breaking through

And it's You, it's You, it's You, it's You, You

I've wandered deserts looking for a sign

A wild flower in a valley low

Just reaching for the light

I have no place to lay my head, no sanctuary of my own

The kingdom waits with open arms

For pilgrims headed home

Are these just some words that I say aloud?

Is this just the sun breaking through the clouds?

Oh, I know it's more and I know somehow that

Heaven is breaking through

And it's You, it's You, it's You, it's You, it's You

(I am a blind man trying to find the way)

I'm looking for

(I am a blind man trying to find the way)

Heaven is breaking, heaven is breaking

(I am a blind man trying to find the way)

Heaven is breaking through

Heaven is breaking, heaven is breaking

(I am a blind man trying to find the way)

Heaven is breaking through

Oh, heaven is breaking, heaven is breaking

(I am a blind man trying to find the way)

Heaven is breaking through

Heaven is breaking, heaven is breaking

(I am a blind man trying to find the way)

Heaven is breaking through

And it's You, it's You, it's You, it's You, yeah

It's You, it's You, it's You, You

I am a blind man trying to find the way

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Audrey Assad - Come Clean Lyrics

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Come Clean Lyrics by Audrey Assad

How did I get here standing in a mess that I have made?

Little by little adding to the chaos everyday

I know it's time, it's time to come clean

I know it's time, it's time to come clean

Boxes full of things I've shuffled and shifted place to place

All the years of me, everything I want to keep and throw away

I know it's time, it's time to come clean

I know it's time, it's time to come clean

I empty out the pieces

And I put them where they go

But where do they go?

Where do they go?

Does anything in me know?

Where do they go?

I'm finding what I've covered and holding it up to the morning light

I'm opening my life a little at a time and it's all right

'Cause it takes time, it takes time to come clean

Yeah, and I know it's time, it's time to come clean

I'm picking up the pieces

And I put them where they go

But where do they go?

Where do they go?

Does anything in me know?

Where do they go?

Where do they go?

I'm picking up the pieces

So where do they go?

Where do they go?

I wanna know just where do they go?

Where do they go

Because I need to know

Just where do they go? Where do they go?

I've got to know just where do they go?

Where do they go? Will I ever know?

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Audrey Assad - Run Forward Lyrics

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Run Forward Lyrics by Audrey Assad

Oh, won't you show what you're feeling?

Is it too much to ask that your heart be revealing?

Just a little bit, oh, just a little bit, just a little

I don't think I've ever informed you

I love you desperately even though I only know you

Just a little bit, oh, just a little bit, just a little

Oh, how'd we get so disconnected?

My heart is shutting down, I just can't let it

So I'll run forward and pray you fall back

Grace will come and clear your path

Yeah, I'll run forward and you fall back

Come back

Oh, you treat your time like you own it

It's slipping fast away and you're not getting younger

Not even a bit, no, not even a bit, no, not at all

This love is a battle we're fighting

You've laid your armor down, oh, and now I can't find it

Not even a bit, no, not even a bit, no, not at all

Oh, you took your love for granted

But oh, it never left you for a second

So I'll run forward and pray you fall back

Grace will come and clear your path

Yeah, I'll run forward and you fall back

Oh, I'll run forward and you fall back

You make me afraid

Thank you, I've got to thank you

'Cause now I know His strength

Thank you, I've gotta thank you

So please don't run away, oh

Don't run, don't run

So I'll run forward and pray you run back

Grace will come and clear my path

Yeah, I'll run forward and if you run back

Oh, I'll run forward and if you run back

Oh, I'll run forward and you fall back

Come back, I pray you'll come back, my love

Come back and grace will come to clear your path

Oh, I'll run forward if you fall back

You come back, my love, come back

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Audrey Assad - Carry Me Lyrics

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Carry Me Lyrics by Audrey Assad

Pain is a forest we all get lost in

Between the branches hope can be so hard to see

And in the darkness we've all got questions

We're all just trying to make sense out of suffering but

You say I am blessed because of this

So, I choose to believe

As I carry this cross, You'll carry me

Help me believe it

Fear is a current we all get caught in

And in its motion faith can be so hard to find

And we all falter 'cause we're all broken

We're all just trying to turn the shadows into light but

You get glory in the midst of this

And You're walking with me

And you say I am blessed because of this

So, I choose to believe

As I carry this cross, You'll carry me

And I know Your promises are faithful

And God, I've seen Your goodness in my life

And oh, I've found Your mercy is a river

Your love is an ocean wide

You say I am blessed because of this

You get glory in the midst of this

And You're walking with me

And You say I am blessed because of this

So, I choose to believe

As I carry this cross, as I carry this cross

'Cause as I carry this cross, You'll carry me

You'll carry me, God

You'll carry me

And Your love is an ocean wide

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Audrey Assad - Show Me Lyrics

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Show Me Lyrics by Audrey Assad

You could plant me like a tree beside a river

You could tangle me in soil and let my roots run wild

And I would blossom like a flower in the desert

But for now just let me cry

You could raise me like a banner in a battle

Put victory like a fire behind my shining eyes

And I would drift like falling snow over the embers

But for now just let me lie

Bind up these broken bones

Mercy bend and breathe me back to life

But not before You show me how to die

Set me like a star before the morning

Like a song that steals the darkness from a world asleep

And I'll illuminate the path You've laid before me

But for now just let me be

Bind up these broken bones

Mercy bend and breathe me back to life

But not before You show me how to die

Oh, not before You show me how to die

So let me go like a leaf upon the water

Let me brave the wild currents flowing to the sea

And I will disappear into a deeper beauty

But for now just stay with me

God, for now just stay with me

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