LYRIC SHEET

 

              ŌSTILL IN CHARGEĶ

 

VERSE 1

 

ITÕS NOT ABOUT ME BUT ITÕS ALL ABOUT YOU

WHY DID I EVER PROCEED TO DOUBT YOU

KNOWING THAT I HAVE NO AUTHORITY OVER THIS

I CAN ONLY CHANGE THESE THINGS IF YOU EXIST

THINGS LIKE ALWAYS ASKING THE QUESTION WHY

OR DO YOU REALLY HEAR ME WHENEVER I CRY

I CALLED FOR YOUR HELP BUT YOUR VOICE WAS FAINT

MY LACK OF FAITH IN YOU MADE MY VISION TAINT

IÕM NOT AT ALL PROUD BUT LORD I CAN ADMIT IT

WHEN I NEVER SAW THE RESULTS I WAS OFFENDED

IT TOOK MANY YEARS AND MANY TEARS TO KNOW

WITHOUT GOING THROUGH TRIBULATION YOUÕLL NEVER GROW

NOW I REALIZE IT, BUT THEN I WAS CONFUSED

YOU CHOOSE FOR ME TO PAY DUES AND BE ABUSED

MY ENEMIES CAME BUT YOU DIDNÕT CONVICT THEM

AINÕT IT FUNNY WHEN A PERSON LIVES WRONG THAT THEYÕRE THE VICTIM

THAT WAS ME, NOT LOOKING AT MYSELF

JUST LIKE SOMEONE ROBBING GOD EXPECTING WEALTH

THIS FEELING CAME FROM MY INNERMOST FEAR

OF THE THOUGHT OF NEEDING YOU AND YOU WOULDNÕT BE NEAR

LORD IÕM SORRY, BUT SOMETIMES ITÕS HARD FOR ME TO SEE

THAT THROUGH MY DOUBT THAT YOUR INTEREST STILL IS ME

I DIDNÕT ALWAYS FEEL IT AND THOUGH IT WAS HARD

I CAME TO GRIPS WITH THE FACT YOU ARE STILL IN CHARGE

 

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I TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING MY OWN WAY

AND DO IT MYSELF, DIDNÕT WANT TO OBEY

OR SUBMIT, MY NEGLECT WAS NOTHING NEW

BECAUSE YOU DIDNÕT ANSWER THE WAY I WANTED YOU

GETTING UPSET OVER THINGS I COULDNÕT CHANGE

INSTEAD OF JUST TRUSTING IN YOU TO EASE MY PAIN

AND STANDING STILL, LACK OF FAITH I TOOK IT TOO FAR

FOR IÕM NOT THE ONE IN CHARGE BUT YOU ARE

 

VERSE 2

 

GOD REPLIED, IÕM IN CHARGE SO DONÕT YOU WORRY

AND WHEN YOU NEED ME IÕLL BE THERE IN A HURRY

YOU NEED TO KNOW, THAT IÕVE ALWAYS BEEN YOUR PILOT

REMEMBER WHO BROUGHT YOU OUT OF YOUR SIN, I DID

JUST KEEP SILENT, FOR THAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM

YOU TRY TO PLAY GOD WITH YOUR PROBLEMS AND TRY TO SOLVE THEM

YOU CANÕT CHANGE WHAT IÕVE DONE, MY WILL IS PERFECT

SRESSING ABOUT THINGS YOU CANÕT CHANGE, NOW IS IT WORTH IT

YOU CAN BE MAD AT ME BUT IÕM STILL IN CONTROL

ITÕS ONLY WHEN YOU TRUST ME YOUR ANSWERS WILL UNFOLD

NO FAITH IN ME, YOU NEED TO STOP THIS

IF YOU NEED HELP, RELAX, I GOT THIS

IÕVE BEEN IN CHARGE EVEN BEFORE YOUR BIRTH

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS EARTH

I KNOW MY JOB MORE THAN YOU DO, ITÕS TRUE

NO ONE ELSE HAS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OVER YOU

YOU MIGHT BELIEVE YOUR SITUATION STAYED THE SAME

YOU TRUSTED IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT TO CALL ON MY NAME

FOR I CAN CHANGE THINGS IN WAYS YOU CANÕT IMAGINE

IÕM NOT WITHOLDING YOUR BLESSINGS FOR YOU CAN HAVE THEM

IÕM NOT THAT KIND OF GOD THAT WOULD ENJOY

WATCHING YOU SUFFER LIKE A CHILD PLAYING A TOY

AND WHEN I DO EASE YOUR PAIN YOU MUST UNDERSTAND

IN THE END IÕM STILL IN CHARGE, SO NOW WHOÕS THE MAN

 

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