The Swift - I Need You

my heart is restless in me; my wings are all worn out
i'm walking in the wilderness and i cannot get out
i need You. Oh, i need You; blessed Savior come
i need You. Oh, i need You; fill the every longing in my soul

oh, how I need You, Lord. I need Your perfect Word...
with tearful eyes, i see the sin that i afford
i need to weep and pray for all the thousand ways
that i have failed You just today

my bed is soaked with sadness; my sadness has no end.
a downward spiral of despair that i keep falling in...
i need You. Oh, I need You; to You my soul shall fly!
i need You. Oh, I need You; Yahweh, how i love You more than life!

oh, how I need You, Lord! I need Your perfect Word...
with tearful eyes, i see the sin that i afford
i need to weep and pray for all the thousand ways
that i have failed You just today

Your silence is like death to me!
...so won't You hear my desperate plea?

today my soul is soaring way over mountains high.
though I can see the valleys, they're all just passing by.
it's not that i am stronger (look at my feeble wings).
but i've been lifted higher; Yahweh's lifted me in His own strength

oh, how I love You, Lord! i love Your perfect Word!
with tearful eyes to see the God who always will endure!
now I will celebrate! ...for all the thousand ways
that You have shown me grace and made my heart in grace to stay
you've made my heart in grace to stay
Lord, make my heart in grace to stay

i need You. Oh, I need You...

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it took me two conferences to figure it out. to figure out what god meant when he said i was so close.