The latest add to my IPod is the song I Need You, by The Swift. The melody is simple and yet beautiful, however the words make the impact of this song. The lyrics of I Need You are written below:
My heart is restless in me
My wings are all worn out
I'm walking in the wilderness
And I cannot get outI need
You, Oh, I need
YouBlessed Savior come
I need You, Oh, I need
YouFill the every longing in my soul
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Oh, how I need You, Lord
I need Your perfect Word
With tearful eyes to see
The sin that I afford
I need to weep and prayer
For all the thousand ways
That I have failed
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You just today
My bed is soaked with sadness
My sadness has no end
A downward spiral of despair
That I keep falling in
I need You, Oh, I need You
To You my soul shall fly
I need You, Oh,
I need You
Yaweh, how I love
You more than life
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CHORUS
Your silence is like death to me
So won't You hear my desperate plea
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Today my soul is soaring
Way over mountains high
Though I can see the valleys
They're all just passing by
It's not that I am stronger
Look at my feeble wings
But I've been lifted higher
Yaweh's lifted me in
His own strength
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Oh, how I love You, LordI love
Your perfect Word
With tearful eyes to see
The God who always will endure
Now I will celebrate
For all the thousand ways
That You have shown me grace
And made my heart in grace to stay
You've made my heart in grace to stay
Lord, make my heart in grace to stay
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I need You, Oh, I need You
I think these words speak so deeply to me because they reflect the sorrowful status of us as man (or woman) living in a world affected by the original fall of man, first described in Genesis 3 Paul writes in Romans 7:15
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
It’s this recognition that we’re not worthy to approach God and our faith in Christ is the only thing that allows us to be acceptable to God. As the chorus of the songs says,
Oh, how I need You, LordI need Your perfect WordWith tearful eyes to see The sin that I affordI need to weep and prayerFor all the thousand waysThat I have failed You just today
If you want to hear the song I Need You, click the link http://www.purevolume.com/theswift and click the words I Need You which will start the song.
