Bobby Thomas

The world as we know it is not the world as it is. (2x)

This life only lasts for a while. This life only lasts for a while.
This life only lasts for a while here. (2x)

It only lasts for a while here.

Anyway, just like Jesus would say, “Your life is only a vapor.”
Anyway, just like Jesus would say, “Walk with me today.
Your life is a vapor and it won’t last forever.”
So walk with Him today.

This life only lasts for a while. This life only lasts for a while.
This life only lasts for a while here. (2x)

It only lasts for a while here.

The world as we know it is not the world as it is. (2x)

On a hill stands a man with a flaming torch in his hand.
In the valley there are many people gathered ‘round like dead blades of grass.
Bend low, bend low, bow down to the flaming torch of God.
As He lays it down on the ground to light a spark in the heart of man.

This spark will start a fire and the wind will blow the flame
across these prairies and hills to burn again.
Each blade of grass that’s lifted will burn if in the way
of this fire He’s kindled some yesterday.

In your heart, in your soul - could you tell me friend, is it cold?
There’s a fire and it’s burning at the heart of God, who calls your name.
Bend low, bend low, bow down to the Spirit speaking to you now.
He has laid His Son in the ground for you and me - only to live again.

This spark will start a fire and the wind will blow the flame
across these prairies and hills to burn again.
Each human soul that’s lifted will burn If in the way
of this fire He’s kindled some yesterday.
Some yesterday, some yesterday.

Over these hills I can see the spark burning.
Over these hills I can hear the breeze blowing.
Over these hills I can smell the smoke rising.
Over these hills I can feel the flame; I can feel the flame.

This spark will start a fire and the wind will blow the flame
across these prairies and hills to burn again.
Each human soul that’s lifted will burn If in the way
of this fire He’s kindled some yesterday.
Some yesterday, some yesterday.

I feel so unworthy. Why does life go this way?
When I feel the strongest, I begin to walk away.
My trust in You needs healing; invested in these ways of life,
I need to withdraw it and put it under Your light.

Wipe away the night and shine Your holy light.
Wipe away the night in my soul.

Well, I’ve been told I’m worthy, lies that come from afar.
Once they came into me through open doors held in the dark.
I find too much garbage hidden in this cavern soul,
worldly things I’d salvage, much in need of letting go.

Wipe away the night and shine your holy light
Wipe away the night. (2x)

Wipe away the night. Wipe away the night in my soul, in my soul, in my soul.

Hey Andrew, my brother, do you see him - that man standing by the shore?
As we cast our nets into the sea, he’s calling out to you and me.

I am Simon. What is your name, my friend?
You say you are Jesus and you’re looking for some men?
You want me to follow you? But I’m just a fisherman.
You say I’ll be fishing for men.

“You are Peter, not Simon,” Jesus told me. Andrew, can you believe it?
We’re following this man away from Galilee, where we’ve spent our whole lives.
Andrew, this man must be the Christ.

I’ll drop my nets in the water; I’ll leave my boat in the sea.
If You are calling to me, then I will follow
and I’ll drop my nets in the water; I’ll leave my boat in the sea.
If you are calling to me, then I will follow. I will follow, yes - and I will follow Thee.

I shove my head in front of TV with hope to find all I need. Where’s the answer?
Well, I was taught to believe that You are all I’ll ever need unto forever.
So, where are You tonight? ‘Cause I could really use a slice of Your presence.
Did I loose you somewhere in-between channel nine and five?
Oh, could it be that You’d leave me?

I can’t find any peace living in idolatry, so speak the answer into me.
Repentance has been taken from me, my heart is cold, my heart is numb or so it seems.
And I once heard Solomon wrote, “Better those who mourn than those who laugh and
the face that holds a tear may reflect a heart that smiles.”
Well, back in Germantown I felt Your love and saw Your face among the clouds.
You took Your mighty arm that way and swept it through my side, but that was yesterday.

Jesus, I need you today.
Lead me beside the quiet water. Fill my cup. Erode my idol lovers.

I come short on all accounts, giving everything I’ve got, but not away and not to You.
Once I thought I was neat, now I take a look and, baby, I’m a mess.
Have I ever trusted? Have I ever really rested in Your grace?
Can you show me how to lean on - how to lie down and let You run my race?

The truth is like this candle, burning bright, that I have lost above my line of sight.
While the lie is like this silver screen I stare into and ask to take my time and my mind.
Even though I know it’s not real, I still expect to live a fantasy.
I’ve been feeding off the big Hollywood disease and it’s been eating me so gradually.
But I believe I can be free.

Jesus, I need you today.
Lead me beside the quiet water. Fill my cup. Erode my idol lovers.
Jesus, fill my cup. Erode my idol lovers.
This is my life, this is my life, this is me now, this is my heart.
This is my life, this is my life, this is me now, this is where I live, where I live today.

Every day I hope for her and not for You.
Oh is it true? Are these castles in the sand I’m building with the hands of my heart?
And my dreams I confuse with your will.
Much of the time I’m convinced that she is what I need to be happy.
But I believe I can be free.

Jesus, I need you today.
Lead me beside the quiet water. Fill my cup. Erode my idol lovers.
Jesus, fill my cup. Erode my idol lovers. Jesus, fill my cup. Erode my idol lovers.
This is my life, this is my life, this is me now, this is my heart.
This is my life, this is my life, this is me now, this is where I live, where I live today.

Let mercy fall and not retreat, like a storm without a wind.
And as the rain falls through the trees, may it wash away my sin.

Rain, rain, rain, fall upon me. (2x)

Let judgment come and not retreat, to slay the beast that wars within.
And like a wave upon the sea, may it crash into my sin.

Rain, rain, rain, fall upon me. (3x)
On me, on me, fall upon me.

Send your rain to make me new again; crash upon my sin, washing me within. (2x)
Rain, rain, rain, fall upon me. (3x)
On me, on me, fall upon me.

Send your rain to make me new again; crash upon my sin, washing me within. (2x)
Rain, rain, rain.

Nothing seems so faithful as my stupidity.
Like Darwin on Galapagos, I’m witless willingly.
Oh, I may think I know where we all came from, but dust I am still, for dust I was.
And all that separates the birdies and the trees from me is not our genes,
for there the apes are much the same as we.

It must be love [hey, hey] that’s separating us.
Oh, it must be love [hey, hey].
But it’s not my love; it is only His love for me.

Once the Earth was empty of vain humanity. Now the world is groaning for some security.
Oh, it’s not gonna come from what we know, for the tree that gave us that has been cursed,
and so, as long as we’re searching for life where love won’t grow,
we’ll find that we are starving and lost as we long for our long lost home.

It must be love [hey, hey] that’s reaching out to us.
Oh, it must be love [hey, hey].
But it’s not my love; no it’s only His love for me.

Another sun is rising over the land of opportunity that, too often, is attributed to our own ingenuity.
Oh, it’s much more than a metaphor to say we are beasts,
except for where restraining grace has us on its leash.
There’s nothing standing in between you and me
and a life of eating grass in the dirt on our knees, senselessly.

It must be love [hey, hey] that’s keeping us from us.
Oh, it must be love [hey, hey] that’s separating us.
Oh, it must be love [hey, hey] that’s reaching out to us.
Oh, it must be love [hey, hey].
But it’s not my love; it is only His love for me.

It is only Your love for me, Your love for me. It is only Your love for me.

Maker of gravity, come near to set me free from the grip of my fears.
I am the earth. Made from the dust, You breathed me.
King of sun and moon, light up my gloom and meet me right here.
I am the sea. Pulled by the tides, You lead me.

A flicker of sun leads me on through canyons, up mountains, and unto the river I run.
You are there. You I trust. There is rest for my soul in the grass.
What You have provided will last and I am free. I am free; I am free.

But I can look up all around and see the rocks as they surround me in this valley.
And, choosing to believe that they will fall upon me and around me,
keeping me from my destiny and my dreams and my dreams and Your plans for me.
I loose faith and I, I fall down. I am closer to the ground today.

Maker of gravity, come near to set me free from the grip of my fears.
I am the earth. Made from the dust, You breathed me.
King of sun and moon, light up my gloom and meet me right here.
I am the sea. Pulled by the tides, You lead me. (2x)

...and make me free.

He said, “The lion’s out to get you; the deceiver’s on your tail.
The wolf is in sheep’s clothing, so you’d better be prepared.
‘Cause nothing here will stop them from the malice in their hearts
Save God above who loves you so - but you’d better guard your heart.”

“So guard you heart, my boy. Guard your heart, my boy.
For out of it flows the issues of life.”

Well, he said, “You’re on the right path boy, but you haven’t yet arrived.
You’ve gotta keep walking and open your eyes.
This road, it is a’ winding, but it’s narrow, you can see.
It’s easier than you think to get off and follow your own dreams.”

“So guard you heart, my boy. Guard your heart, my boy.
For out of it flows the issues of life.” (2x)

This is not my home, though I’ve made it so.
Where will I find a place to rest my head?

Well, the valley’s too low and the mountain’s too high.
The ocean’s too long and I cannot fly.
The foxes have holes and the birds, they have nests,
but I have nowhere to rest my head.

This is not my home, though I’ve made it so.
Where will I find a place to rest my head?

Well, the prairie’s too flat and the hills are too round.
And I cannot breathe under the ground.
The desert’s too dry and the woods leave no room.
Oh, it seems as if I must be leaving soon.

This is not my home, though I’ve made it so.
Where will I find a place to rest my head?

Are You, my God, a place to rest my head? (2x)

Oh, I will never be strong, even in the fullness of my strength.
I am, in all my ambition, a dreamer wrestling to awake.
My way was proven to be wrong by just a glimmer of Your grace.
As is the darkness to the dawn, so is my weakness to Your strength.

May I never forget the beating of my heart and each breath
are granted to me from above as gifts of Your wondrous love.
And even now, this song I sing - it enters earth on heaven’s wings,
for every ability does not begin with me.
Granted to me from above are gifts of Your wondrous love.

Oh, I will never be strong, even in the fullness of my strength.
I am, in all my ambition, a dreamer wrestling to awake.
My way was proven to be wrong by just a glimmer of Your grace.
As is the darkness to the dawn, so is my weakness to Your strength.

Raise Your righteousness as the brightness of the sun in my weakness.
Lift Your life in me.

May Your words of life remain within my mind everyday.
In every hour may I lean upon a bended knee.
May I never need to be banished from You as a beast
for neglecting humility like Babylon’s king.
May I never be deceived enough to make much of me

Oh, I will never be strong, even in the fullness of my strength.
I am, in all my ambition, a dreamer wrestling to awake.
My way was proven to be wrong by just a glimmer of Your grace.
As is the darkness to the dawn, so is my weakness to Your strength.

Raise Your righteousness as the brightness of the sun in my weakness.
Lift Your life in me.