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ACROSS THE TIDES
I CAN REMEMBER THOSE DAYS
WHEN MY INSIDES GAVE UP LIVING
MY BATTLE TO SURVIVE JUST NEVER CAME ALIVE
DAYS WHEN I PRAYED FOR DEEP TEARS
TO DROWN MY PRIDE IN
BUT THOSE DAYS ARE WELL BEHIND ME NOW
AND THESE WORDS ARE THE WORDS WHICH GOT ME BY
MY LIFE FELT LIKE I WAS TREADING WATER
I WAS SO UNDECIDED I COULDN'T FIND A REASON TO CRY
SO I TURNED TO THE LORD AND ASKED
"CAN I WALK ON WATER"
AND HE NOT ONLY ANSWERED MY CALL
HIS EVERY WORD IT SOON RESTORED
MY DROWNING PRIDE
HE TOLD ME THAT TEARS MUST FALL
TO RELEASE LIFE'S TEACHINGS
THEN A BACKLOG OF BROKEN DREAMS
JUST EXPLODED BEHIND MY EYES
BUT MY TEARS FELL SO FAST
THAT I GOT TRAPPED IN STORMY WATERS
THEN THE LORD TOOK MY HAND
AND HE WALKED ME ACROSS THE TIDES
I DO BELIEVE THOSE DAYS
WERE A LESSON WITHIN A REASON
THE TEACHING WAS THE TRIAL TO TEST MY PRIDE
DAYS THAT TOOK AWAY
ALMOST EVERYTHING I BELIEVED IN
BUT THAT FIGHT TO SURVIVE IS BEHIND ME NOW
ONLY MY TALKING TO THE LORD
ALLOWED ME THE CHANCE TO CRY
MY LIFE FELT LIKE I WAS TREADING WATER
I WAS SO UNDECIDED I COULDN'T FIND A REASON TO CRY
SO I TURNED TO THE LORD AND ASKED
"CAN I WALK ON WATER"
AND HE NOT ONLY ANSWERED MY CALL
HIS EVERY WORD IT SOON RESTORED
MY DROWNING PRIDE
HE TOLD ME THAT TEARS MUST FALL
TO RELEASE LIFE'S TEACHINGS
THEN A BACKLOG OF BROKEN DREAMS
JUST EXPLODED BEHIND MY EYES
BUT MY TEARS FELL SO FAST
THAT I GOT TRAPPED IN STORMY WATERS
THEN THE LORD TOOK MY HAND
AND HE WALKED ME ACROSS THE TIDES
ACROSS THE TIDES chased yesteryear into a deep lake and made certain it drowned. That was its purpose and I have never written a set of lyrics with such a spasm of tearful revenge.
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