Father, how can I keep on
Giving of myself apart from you?
This well of selfish vice, filled with useless sacrifice
Living the lie that this world promises is true
Lord, I long to be with you, to see the end of my weaknesses and pain
United with Christ, and one with the heaven
Which sees its souls unfold like flowers in the rain

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Jesus, my heart longs for you
Like a desert for running streams
Jesus, my heart and flesh cry out
Lord, please reach down from heav’n and save me from myself
I've been running on empty for so long
I've been running on empty for so long

Your light and your love are as precious to me
As water to a parched and lifeless land
The stream of life flowing from Your side
Strengthens my heart, here thirsting in the sand
Your law, O Lord is not a harsh rule
But a code of love written on my soul
To live in Your light, to fight the good fight
And see the day when my heart is finally made whole

You can heal me, You can fill me
You can save me from my guilt
And self-destruction, I can't take it
I can't take it, I can't bear it
I can't pay the price You paid for me
Reach down from heav'n and set me free
I was made for You, make me whole
Fill this desert with Your grace, pouring out on us in our disgrace
Fill us with Your holy blood and living water like a flood
Help us to reach higher, higher, higher!

Father, I love You, my soul thirsts for You
Lamb of God, fill me with a love that’s true
Father, I need You, I'm a dry and weary land
Lamb of God, come touch me with Your hand

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