I asked my Father…
I said, Father
Take my hunger, Father…
He gave me only a stone.
Take my fears, Father…
He gave me a serpent alone.
Take my sorrow, Father…
He showed me a graveyard cold.
I asked Him, I begged Him,
Take my cowardice, Father…
He baptized me in fire…
I asked Him, I pleaded,
Take this pain away…
He gave me an earthly cross
Almost to bear.
I asked my Father, Father…
Take my loneliness, take it all!
He gave me this name,
He gave me this song,
And in this song,
I find where I belong.
I asked my Father…
Change it all, make it new…
But He gave me a song,
a voice to get me through.
I asked for freedom,
I asked for light…
But He gave me the music
to fight the night.
Stone, serpent, graveyard, fire, cross…
Each one a shadow, each one a loss…
But in the echoes of His giving,
I found a reason for living.
I asked my Father, Father…
Take my loneliness, take it all!
He gave me this name,
He gave me this song,
And in this song,
I find where I belong.
I asked my Father…
Change it all…
He gave me a song…
And in this song,
I'm home...