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Without Love
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I could speak tongues of both angels and men
Prophesy mysteries time and again
But if love is absent then I am nothing
If I should boast in the trouble I face
Pray and the mountains be moved from their place
If love is absent then it’s all a waste
Teach me to love like You do
Faithful and always true
Prophecies fade and all the tongues they will cease
Knowledge, like mountains cast into the sea
But love stretches far as the eye can see
Love never fails, keeps no record of wrongs
Love is enduring and love suffers long
It’s never resentful but patient and strong
So teach me to love like You do
Faithful and always true
‘Cause love is a scarlet hue
And without love it means nothing at all
If I don’t have love, I have nothing at all
Oh let me not wander oh Lord
Lost in the weary world
Let me not forfeit my soul
‘Cause without love it means nothing at all
If I don’t have love I have nothing at all
Oh without love it means nothing at all
If I don’t have love I have nothing at all
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When the night comes around
And I can’t tell the way up from down
It’s a cold sky
Above this heart of mine
And this feeling I know
Strange the way it comes and it goes
It’s like the moonlight
Only sometimes
All these walls I built to keep myself from hurting
Or maybe I’ve forgotten how to feel
I know that I should be a lamp that’s burning
But it’s just the way that my heart seems to be
Oh light of the morning
Come, shine in my soul again
It’s been miles on the road
Yet I know that You won’t let me go
It’s your kindness that will lead me home
And the stars with their light
Leaking through the cracks in the sky
Like a memory of a better time
Well I caught a glimpse but only for a moment
Or were the stars there only in my dreams?
I want to feel the summer and the sunrise
But it’s just the way that my heart seems to be
Oh light of the morning
Come, shine in my soul again
You won’t break a reed though it bends to the ground
You still fill a vessel though the water pours out
You won’t quench a fire that’s withering down
But where are You now?
Though the water rises and threatens to drown
The roaring waves will heed Your voice when they hear the sound
In stillness and in reverence like weapons laid down
Lord, I need You now
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Take Me Back
03:53
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I’ve been searching for another
I’ve been losing myself
Take me back to feel the wonder
That first love that I felt
Don’t run away from what you know
Don’t let me go
Don’t take the world but lose your soul
No don’t let me go
Oh take me back
Take me back
Take me back to the start
Everything is temporary
But You will always remain
So even in the ordinary
Let me love You the same
Don’t run away from what you know
Don’t let me go
Don’t take the world but lose your soul
No don’t let me go
Don’t run away from what you know
Don’t let me go
Don’t take the world but lose your soul
No don’t let me go
Oh take me back
Take me back
Take me back to the start again
Where it all began
All this time I’ve drifted far away
Looking for meaning in this broken world
And all this time it felt like such a waste
Looking for someone who knows my heart
But I find that I’m just a lost soul without You in my life
So help me find a way back to You
To You
Help me find a way to You
To You
Yeah I’d leave it all for You
Oh, help me find a way back to You
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Patient & Kind
04:57
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Lord You are patient and kind
Like winter, then summer in time
Thorns that were intertwined
Soon whither and unwind
Merciful, tender and mild
You help me remain like a child
Innocent open-eyed
In wonder mystified
So I hold on to You
Magnificent One
Faithful and True
Father, You dance like the wind
Untethered, You sing and You spin
Yours is a lofty love
A banner over us
And Lord You are patient and kind
A friend to the shamed and despised
Yours is a lowly love
To make Your home with us
So I hold on to You
Magnificent One
Faithful and True
Truth be told
It’s a heavy load
And it’s more than I can take
When I try to bear the weight on my own
Once again on You I do depend
From every lie that believe
I know the truth will set me free in the end
All of my failures and all of my shame
All my despair and my labour in vain
You laid them to rest when You walked out of the grave
One by one
All of my fears undone
By Your mercy and Your love
By the power of Your blood I overcome
Faithful and True
You tore the veil in two
As far as east is from the west
All my failure all my mess
You remove
And now I can walk in the victory You’ve won
Now I can stand as a confident son
Holy and righteous because of what You’ve done
One by one by one by one
One by one by one by one
One by one by one by one
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To Know You
04:03
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There’s one thing
That I want most
To know You Lord
And to be known as Yours
So I will choose
The narrow road
To walk with You
Through the highs and lows
I’m following You
I’m following You
‘Cause no one knows my heart the way You do
I just want to stay close
I just want to stay close
‘Cause the more I see, the more I want to know
Jesus Christ
The Word made flesh
Your Word brings life
And Your truth brings rest
So I will choose
The narrow road
To walk with You
Through the highs and lows
I’m following You
I’m following You
‘Cause no one knows my heart the way You do
I just want to stay close
I just want to stay close
Because the more I see, the more I want to know
Where else could I go?
You have the words of life
You have the words of life
Where else could I go?
You have the words of life
You have the words of life
I’m following You
I’m following You
‘Cause no one knows my heart the way You do
I just want to stay close
I just want to stay close
Because the more I see, the more I want to know
The more I see, the more I want to know
The more I see, the more I want to know
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Jonathan Ogden Manchester, UK
A songwriter / producer from the UK. Jonathan blends bedroom pop with hip-hop, electronic music and elements of acoustic folk - often drawing lyrics from the psalms to create a unique style of chilled meditative music.
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