can i be with you

everybody

each and all

we're gonna die eventually

it's no more or less our fault

than it is our destiny

so now

lord

i come to you

asking only for your grace

you know what i've put myself through

all those empty dreams i chased

and when my body lies in the ruins

of the lies that nearly ruined me

will you pick up the pieces that were pure and true

and breathe life into them

set them free?

and when you start this world over again from scratch

will you make me anew out of the stuff that lasts?

stuff that's purer than gold is

and clearer than glass could ever be

can i be with you? can i be with you?

everybody

all and each

from the day that we are born

we have to learn to walk beneath

those mercies by which we're drawn

and now we wrestle in the dark

with these angels that we can't see

we will move on although with scars

oh lord

move in me

and when my body lies in the ruins

of the lies that nearly ruined me

will you pick up the pieces that were pure and true

and breathe life into them and set them free?

when you blast this cosmos to kingdom come

when those jagged edged mountains we love are gone

when the sky is crossed with the tears

of a thousand falling suns as they crash into the sea

can i be with you? can i be with you?

can i be with you? can i be with you?

can i be with you? can i be with you?

and when my body lies in the ruins

of the lies that nearly ruined me

will you pick up the pieces that were pure and true

and breathe life into them and set them free?

will you set them free?

will you set them free?

set me free