It must be tiring to meet my resistance / My stubborn will can be so twisted / Pride can steal the best from me / But it’s not what I want, but You’re what I need / So I surrender // I want You to take over me / Oh, I want You to take over me / I don’t want to be part of the resistance / I want to be part of the release / So I want You to take over me // Oh, I can’t survive a state of existence / Struggling to find what’s missing / I want to win the war between / These skin and bones and what’s underneath / So I surrender, yeah, I surrender // I never want to, never want to be against You / I never meant to, never meant to resist You // I never want to, never want to be against You / Oh, how could I resist You?

Written by Matt Hammitt, Chris Rohman, Mark Graalman, Pete Prevost, Dan Gartley, and Christopher Stevens // © 2010 Birdwing Music / Toledo Tomorrow Music / 1012 Rosedale Music / Even-The Music (ASCAP) / Olde Irish Publishing / River Oaks Music Company (BMI) / Look At My Beard / Stonebrook Music Company (SESAC) / Admin. by EMI CMG Publishing / Regisfunk Music (BMI)

Behind the Song:
“And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him…(Romans 8:28 NIV).” How often does God try to work for our good and we resist? Our spiritual self knows it’s better to surrender, but our humanity still gets the best of us, and we go our own way. We wrote this song reflecting on the dichotomy of what we want to do versus what we actually do. It’s a prayer asking God to take control when we try to fight him." - Sanctus Real