Shawn McDonald Album

Everybody wants, not everybody needs
Everybody hurts, not everybody bleeds
Everybody has words, sometimes is just talk
Everybody tries, not everybody walks
You got to redefine your mind

[Chorus]
I believe there's a better way
Something's out of place
I believe there's a better way
Something's got to change

So many things that are running around in you
So many things pulling and tugging you from what is true
Fight, give, stand, and live for love
You got to redefine your mind

[Chorus]
I believe there's a better way
Somethings out of place
I believe there's a better way
Somethings got to change

Man, these things they just ain't fitting
Like pretty politicians, hoping he can fix what's missing
By taking out the competition
They like to yell and such
I like the softer touch
All they do is talk so much when all we need is change
Not monetarily, the end of the world is approaching scarily
Well, not to be personally
But to a friend, I mind this terribly
Caught off guard, when he realized that our love is hard
Then he realized that day to day, he could find a better way

Sing it
There's got to be a better way you see
How bout the way it's supposed to be
A better way you see
How bout the way it's supposed to be
Everybody now

You are a lighthouse when I'm lost at sea
You are the language that I'm trying to speak
You are the taste that keeps me thirsting
You are the courage running through my veins
You are the compass pointing to a better way
And You are the whisper beckoning me

[Chorus]
Hope is rising
Hope is on the move
In the air and on the ground
In my head and all around
Hope is rising

You are infectious, You're spreading through me
And You are the melody that I want to sing
You are the tempo beating within my chest

[Chorus]
Hope is rising
Hope is on the move
In the air and on the ground
In my head and all around
Hope is rising

[Bridge]
It is rising, it is rising, it is rising up [x2]
Hope is on the move

[Chorus]
Hope is rising
Hope is on the move
In the air and on the ground
In my head and all around
Hope is rising

[Verse 1]
Looking for a color
In a shade of gray,
Looking for love
In a drop of rain.
Trying to change from
The old mundane.
Everything i do just
Feels the same.
Spending my life
Out of the desert.
Been gone so long
Feels like forever.

[Chorus]
I just want to be
Even closer to you.
I just want to
Be even closer.
I am yours.
You can have all of me,
Anything, everything.
I just want to
Be even closer.

[Verse 2]
A day without you
Is a thousand years.
A day without you
Is a million tears.
Tell me why do
I run in fear?
Why do i run when
You are so near?
Spending my life
In the weather.
Been gone so long and
I need some shelter.

[Chorus]
I just want to be
Even closer to you.
I just want to
Be even closer.
I am yours.
You can have all of me,
Anything, everything.
I just want to
Be even closer.

[Bridge]
Wherever you go,
Wherever you are,
I just want to be
There with you.

[Chorus]
I just want to be
Even closer to you.
I just want to
Be even closer.
I am yours.
You can have all of me,
Anything, everything.
I just want to
Be even closer.

[Outro]
Looking for a color
In a shade of gray,
Looking for love
In a drop of rain.

It's been so cold I can see my breath
Feeling like Winter inside my chest
Hope that I can make it through today
It's so easy to just forget
The troubles that You've brought me through and yet
I find it so hard to trust that You will stay

[Chorus]
And I need to I need to remember
Oh I need to I need to remember
You're Faithful, even when I fall down
Even when I go South You will always be
Faithful, and I need You now, oh I need You now
Every part of me
You're Faithful, You're Faithful
You're Faithful, You're Faithful

What if I choose to just let go
And let You take full control
What if I finally trust that Your love remains

[Chorus]
And I need to I need to remember
Oh I need to I need to remember
You're Faithful, even when I fall down
Even when I go South You will always be
Faithful, and I need You now, oh I need You now
Every part of me
You're Faithful, You're Faithful
You're Faithful, You're Faithful

Sometimes I feel like I'm way over my head
And I lose You
But I'm gonna do whatever it takes to stay

Faithful, You're Faithful
You're Faithful, even when I fall down
Even when I go South You will always be
Faithful, and I need You now, oh I need You now
Every part of me
You're Faithful, You're Faithful
You're Faithful, You're Faithful

I'm still up, and it's 3 in the morning
I try to sleep but my mind keeps going
Am I awake cause You're trying to speak to me
Lying here with my ears wide open
Can You fix what I know I have broken
There's a hole in my heart where I need You to be
But I'm right here, and You're right there
Will You take this wall I built and tear it down

[Chorus]
And do what You always do
Making the old so new
Taking away the space between us
Filling it up with more of You
You do what You always do
Cause You're my rescue
Taking away the space between us
Taking away the space between me and You

Never really meant to be so distant
Should have known that it made no difference
You were holding my hand when I walked away
And You were there in the middle of the night
You were there when I lost my sight
And You're still holding me today

[Chorus]
And do what You always do
Making the old so new
Taking away the space between us
Filling it up with more of You
You do what You always do
Cause You're my rescue
Taking away the space between us
Taking away the space between me and You

I just want something real
So tired of hiding how I feel
I can't take another step
Cause I'm already out of breath

And the weight of it all is pulling me under
And the weight of it all is making me wonder

[Chorus]
How can we know so much
Yet still be so out of touch
And how we miss the point
When its all about, all about love

Can You show me something new
Can You show me what is true
I need more than just religion
Cause I'm religiously unmoved

And the weight of it all is pulling me under
And the weight of it all is making me wonder

[Chorus]
How can we know so much
Yet still be so out of touch
And how we miss the point
When its all about, all about love

Does anybody feel this
Does anybody feel this way
Does anybody feel like they don't belong
Does anybody see this
Does anybody see this way
Does anybody see this way is wrong
I just want something real

And the weight of it all is pulling me under
And the weight of it all is making me wonder

[Chorus]
How can we know so much
Yet still be so out of touch
And how we miss the point
When its all about, all about love

My heart is losing control over You
My heart is losing control over You

Lost in everlasting Love's amorous glow
Set aflame despite the rain and seven seasons of snow
I got accustomed to white knuckles from all the time I spent alone
When I gave away my heart I was neglected and disowned
And then You came to me and took the time to speak in poems
And whispered that You'd like for me to make with You a home
And now from the ashes, like a Phoenix, this new love has flown
Despite the greatest hearts
I'm afraid to lose control

[Chorus]
My heart is losing control over You
My heart is losing control over You
My heart is losing control over You
My heart is losing control over You

I sing Selah my love, and Hallelujah, let go
Of the plans and demands that will maintain control
Of your heart and your head and your spirit and soul
I'm a lovesick man and my love makes me bold
And I'll crawl through the wire, through the fire and the cold
And I'll whisper Your Name down every desolate road
Until I find You again and I make sure you know
That my love will never die, I love you

[Chorus]
My heart is losing control over You
My heart is losing control over You
My heart is losing control over You
My heart is losing control over You

Every time You get close to me, I feel my heart skip a beat [x2]
Every time I get close to You, I feel my heart skip a beat [x2]

Sometimes it is hard to go on
It's hard to see the reasons
For breathing, living, letting love guide the way
But you must hold on

[Chorus]
Don't give up
Don't give up
Hold on for one more day

Sometimes we fall down
We get ourselves in trouble
But it's OK
Cause we still have another chance to get it right
To get it right

[Chorus]
Don't give up
Don't give up
Hold on for one more day

I've come too far
I've seen so much
I've heard the call and felt the touch
I've tasted love that I cannot deny

[Chorus]
Don't give up
Don't give up
Hold on for one more day

[Chorus]
Yes I will rise
Out of these ashes rise
From this trouble I have found
And this rubble on the ground
I will rise
Cause He Who is in me
Is greater than I will ever be
And I will rise

Sometimes my heart is on the ground
And hope is nowhere to be found
Love is a figment I once knew
And yet I hold on to what I know is true

[Chorus]
Yes I will rise
Out of these ashes rise
From this trouble I have found
And this rubble on the ground
I will rise
Cause He Who is in me
Is greater than I will ever be
And I will rise

Well I keep on coming to this place
That I don't know quite how to face
So I lay down my life in hopes to die
That somehow I might rise

[Chorus]
Yes I will rise
Out of these ashes rise
From this trouble I have found
And this rubble on the ground
I will rise
Cause He Who is in me
Is greater than I will ever be
And I will rise

Jumped in the car slammed on the gas
Got to get away from here real fast
The enemy is breathing down my neck
Trying to grab a hold and make my wreck
Hot on my tail trying to make my fail
Trying to take the wind up out of my sail
Trying to run me off this road

[Chorus]
Eyes forward
Don't look at whats behind
Eyes forward
Don't take your eyes off the prize

Well the pressure's bleeding in
Giving me some blurry vision
Fogging up my intellect
Where love and hate they intersect
Keep the path of the mission
Never going to lose my ambition
Got my eyes up on the prize

[Chorus]
Eyes forward
Don't look at whats behind
Eyes forward
Don't take your eyes off the prize

I feel like I'm caught in the middle of a hurricane
Standing in the eye of the storm
The water's deepening and the waves are crashing in
And I, I'm losing, I'm losing my way home

[Chorus]
But I will not fear
When the storms of life appear
Cause You're holding me holding me tight
Your keeping me alive
When the storms of life arise
And You're helping me helping me to fight through the night

When life is not what I thought that it would be
The pain is sometimes more than I can stand
And I have had to learn a lot the hard way
But I'm trusting that my life is in Your hands

[Chorus]
But I will not fear
When the storms of life appear
Cause You're holding me holding me tight
Your keeping me alive
When the storms of life arise
And You're helping me helping me to fight through the night

And You're holding me holding me
And You're finding me finding me
And You're guiding me guiding me
Through the night

[Chorus]
I will not fear
When the storms of life appear
Cause You're holding me holding me tight
Your keeping me alive
When the storms of life arise
And You're helping me helping me to fight through the night

What will cause a man
To climb the highest mountain in search for more
And will cause a man
To swim the vast blue sea in search for more
What will cause a man
To soar through the clouds in search for more
Yes what is he looking for

[Chorus]
Now I'm sailing on the sea of Mystery
And I'm floating on the ocean of unknown
And I'm going to come ashore until I find what I'm looking for
I'm not coming back til I find love

What will cause a man
To wage the wildest storms in search for more
What will cause a man
To explore the darkest jungles in search for more
What will cause a man
To fly to the moon in search for more
Yes what is he looking for

[Chorus]
Now I'm sailing on the sea of Mystery
And I'm floating on the ocean of unknown
And I'm going to come ashore until I find what I'm looking for
I'm not coming back til I find love

Now I'm sailing on the open open blue
In hopes of someday finding You

[Chorus]
Now I'm sailing on the sea of Mystery
And I'm floating on the ocean of unknown
And I'm going to come ashore until I find what I'm looking for
I'm not coming back til I find love