Waters Gone By

(Below is a song I wrote in 2006, entitled Waters Gone By.)

(verse 1)

I was weary
So tired of this life
I saw no reason to go on
Everything I had
Had been stripped away
And I was left with nothing less
Than I'd had before--nothing
Nothing

(verse 2)

My demons, they pursued me
Held me captive in my mind
Bound me up in chains
Kept me behind bars
I thought I was alone
For I had shut you out--long ago
Long ago

(chorus)

But now you have set me free
You've broke away my chains
You've cut through iron bars
You've loosed me from my prison
My troubles I've forgotten
My misery has died
And I recall them only
As waters gone by

(verse 3)

You have rescued me
From the land of the dead
You have raised me up
Pulled me from the grave
So that I live again
I have a second chance
And I owe it all to you
You've made me what I am--today
Today

(bridge)

As the river runs
As the oceans roar
So has my pain been taken
So has my shame been taken
And washed away
And replaced with grace

(chorus)

Because you have set me free
You've broke away my chains
You've cut through iron bars
You've loosed me from my prison
My troubles I've forgotten
My misery has died
And I recall them only
As waters gone by