And I Wait

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Face down on the hardwood, staring at the grain Palms sweating cold against the floor If You counted every promise that I turned to dust I'd crumble under everything I crushed. [Pre-Chorus] Lord, if You kept score, who would ever survive? Yet with You there is mercy that catches my life. [Chorus] And I wait, my tired soul waits! Like a watchman leaning on the iron gates Straining through the black for a sliver of gray Crying out to God just to give me the day Yeah, more than the watchman on the edge of the wall I am clinging to the promise that will never let me fall! [Verse 2] Forehead pressed against the cold window glass Four in the morning, watching shadows pass I'm speaking straight to You in the quiet and the dark— You're the steadfast love that gives a second start. [Pre-Chorus] Lord, if You kept score, who would ever survive? Yet with You there is mercy that catches my life. [Chorus] And I wait, my tired soul waits! Like a watchman leaning on the iron gates Straining through the black for a sliver of gray Crying out to God just to give me the day Yeah, more than the watchman on the edge of the wall I am clinging to the promise that will never let me fall! [Bridge] An ancient song sang it out of the deep A promise that time was never gonna keep down The same God who saved in the days of the psalm Is reaching right here through the dark for my arm He pulled sinking lives from the waters back then And He's breaking the chains of our wreckage again! [Chorus] And I wait, my tired soul waits! Like a watchman leaning on the iron gates! Straining through the black for a sliver of gray Crying out to God just to give me the day! Yeah, more than the watchman on the edge of the wall I am clinging to the promise that will never let me fall! [Outro] More than watchmen for the morning... Lord, hear my voice. The dawn is coming.