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The Shelter cover
04. Eyes Wide Open
Album: The Shelter
Artist: Jars of Clay
         
 

Talk to me, ‘cause I’ve been talking to myself
Help me get these thoughts out of my own head
I don’t believe, most days I don’t believe
Mercy is true, it’s hard to live with the things I do

So God, bruise the heels we’ve dug in the ground
That we might move closer to love
Pull out the roots we’ve dug in so deep
Finish what you started
Help us to believe

Keep our eyes wide open
Love is kind and love is daring, everything we need to keep our eyes
Keep our eyes wide open
Love is kind and love is daring, everything we need to keep our eyes

We can’t go on, it seems this conversation’s done
It’s so hard to win these fights and love you at the same time
So take my hand till grace makes her way to bend
Till the things I’ve set to ruin only lead to my own end

Draw us in, send us out
Draw us in, send us out
Draw us in, pour us out
Help us to believe


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Behind the Song:
CHARLIE LOWELL: Our desire is to be in a conversation- about love, hope, the life of Jesus- not to figure out answers and put people in boxes. God, keep us in the process, with open eyes and hearts.

DAN HASELTINE: The issues of our time, be they moral, political, or spiritual have caused us to choose sides and draw lines that don’t help us love each other more.

STEVE MASON: I cannot make life work alone and know real freedom. God grant us vision to see the encouragement found in our collective journey as God's people.

MATT ODMARK: An old idea. Only with each other is sobriety possible; desirable.

 

More Lyrics from The Shelter

  1. 01. Small Rebellions
  2. 02. Call My Name
  3. 03. We Will Follow
  4. 04. Eyes Wide Open
  5. 05. Shelter
  6. 06. Out Of My Hands
  7. 07. No Greater Love
  8. 08. Run In The Night
  9. 09. Lay It Down
  10. 10. Love Will Find Us
  11. 11. Benediction
                 
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