You Have to Be There [Carnegie Hall Version] lyrics

You have banished me

From the land where I was born

Here upon a foreign shore

Forsaken

I have followed you and done thy wish

Should I kneel to you?

When I rise you strike me down

Once again a little body is taken

Everywhere I turn its darker still

What is it, Lord, that you want and I am not seeing?

What in my innocent prayers am I failing to say?

Never before have I questioned the truth of your being

Never once have I dared

Never until today

All of a tremble I stand on the edge of confusion

Who is to save me if into the darkness I fall?

Now more than ever I need my God to be near me

Do you hear when I call?

Are you there after all?

You have to be there - You have to!

My life I have placed in thy keep

And without you I am drifting

On a dark and rising sea

You have to be there - You have to!

Without you I drown in the deep

Too far

Too far from land

The waters drag me down

I reach for your hand

Who, when I die, will open his arms to receive me?

Who will be leading me into His embrace?

When I have gone to my rest will you watch me and wake me?

When my time comes at last

Will you grant me your grace?

I am so small on this earth I am nothing without you

Daring to doubt you turns a knife in my heart

Little by little I am losing my way in the shadows

I am losing my home

And the world falls apart

Now you have to be there - You have to!

My life I have placed in thy keep

And without you I am drifting

On a dark and rising sea

You have to be there - You have to!

Without you I drown in the deep

Too far

Too far from land

The waters drag me down

I reach for your hand

And without you I am drifting

On a vast and rising sea

You have to be there - You have to!

Without you I drown in the deep

Too far

Too far from land

The waters drag me down

I reach for your hand