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Doubter / Friend
05:32
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Your kindness has lifted
My head out of my doubt
You showed me your scars and my
Cynical thoughts spun out
Come and take my hand, You said
You can believe me, my friend
Peace to your heart, peace to your head
I am risen from the dead
When you walked in
My narrow world was opened wide
I’d always wrestled with my faith
I don’t know why
The food I’d lived on
Was manna from yesterdays
But in death, You laid
my carnal efforts all to waste
Come and drink my blood, You said
My body is your bread
Peace to your heart, peace to your head
Blessed are those I don’t offend
Oh doubter, you are my friend
Oh doubter, let me in
Oh doubter, get out of your head
Oh doubter, you are my friend
Come and feel my love, you said
I have cancelled out your debt
Peace to your heart, peace to your head
My friend, I have cheated death
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Shepherd
04:52
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You are the end to every path
I wander down
You’re my beginning
and my war’s winning round
Oh, faithful Shepherd
I can’t escape You
I’m carried ‘round Your neck
Wilderness to refuge
And I don’t have to do a thing
I don’t have to lift a finger
I will reap the victory
Upon Your shoulders
When I have reached the boundary
Of my energy
And all this trying’s
Got me tired and weary
Oh, faithful Shepherd
I can’t escape You
I will remember
You are my breakthrough
And I don’t have to do a thing
I don’t have to lift a finger
I will reap the victory
Upon Your shoulders
(repeat chorus)
It’s been told to me
That I would need
To work to be found
Worthy of loving
By love Himself
It never added up
But I believed it
Despite my doubt
But now I see that You choose me
To love without my help
And I don’t have to do a thing
I don’t have to lift a finger
I will reap the victory
Upon Your shoulders
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Darkness
04:52
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All the places that I felt abandoned
As the evening slipped into the night
When the darkness pressed against my eyelids
And the fear crept in on every side
You were there
I see it now
You were there
When the panic rose inside of my chest
I wondered if You withdrew Your hand
My heart raced as all my worries surfaced
And I couldn’t gain control of them
I’d spin on and on and on for hours
Til the dawn began to break the sky
With the mercies of a new morning
I remembered you could raise my life
You were there
I see it now
You were there
You met me in my breaking
Gave solace to my mind
My pretending had failed me
I could no longer hide
In my weakness, you’ve proven
You will not shy away
I was left for dead, but you were the friend
Who made me feel safe
You were there
I see it now
You were there
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When the Well Runs Dry
04:00
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Oh God be our hope in the middle
Of the drought, and the flood
Grant us not wealth nor too little
So we remember you’re in our blood
Teach us to plant in our sorrows
And trust the rain will come
Teach us to lie down in peace
And rest when the day is done
We only miss the water when the well runs dry
But we can only count the stars in a cloudless sky
Oh darling would you put your hand in mine
For there’s a time for water and a time for wine
Oh God be our strength in the desert
Be our joy, our daily bread
Sit by the fire and tell stories
Of the days that are ahead
Teach us to walk in the mystery
For to wander is to know
The path of the root to find water
Oh to wander is to grow
We only miss the water when the well runs dry
But we can only count the stars in a cloudless sky
Oh darling would you put your hand in mine
For there’s a time for water and a time for wine
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Liv Douglas North Carolina
Liv Douglas writes music with unrelenting honesty, crafting poignant songs that balance the circumstances of life with trust in the tangible eternal.
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