Do you hear me, Lord     (video)

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1. I watch the red lamp burn at night, still hoping for a holy sight,

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this quiet chapel feels alive, but I am struggling to survive.

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This mercy I′m not ready for, but still, I kneel upon this floor,

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your spirit lingers in the air like incense rising in a prayer.

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Do You hear me, Lord, when the silence starts to burn ?

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Can I feel You near when my thoughts begin to turn ?

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I've been waiting, barely breathing, in the grace You used to fill,

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If You know me like I know You, then I bow beneath Your will.

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2. The holy water feels like dew, the pews remember passing through,

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I walk the aisles we once knew well, but stories only time can tell.

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A part of me that I won′t let go is holding to the seeds You sow,

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your spirit lingers in the air like incense rising in a prayer.

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Do You hear me, Lord, when the silence starts to burn ?

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Can I feel You near when my thoughts begin to turn ?

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I've been waiting, barely breathing, in the grace You used to fill,

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If You know me like I know You, then I bow beneath Your will.

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+ Maybe faith just learns to wait outside the narrow Heaven's gate,

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if You hold me through the night, then I will walk by faith, not sight.

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Do You hear me, Lord, when the silence starts to burn ?

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Can I feel You near when my thoughts begin to turn ?

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I've been waiting, barely breathing, in the grace You used to fill, - - -

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if You know me like I know You, then my heart is beating still.

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(orig. = capo 3rd) (Arthur Hayes)