Ascend Lyrics

Looking back life was slow cause

Feeling so young didn't know much

Thought I'd never grow up

Cause the road was scary ahead

And no fun like the monster livin' under my bed I said

Why's the world so cold that's what I've been told

All the pressure and depression they can't even hold

Is it possible or far too manifold?

So I'm wondering the point of even growing old

I saw the weight of hate it was calling my name

Put on a fake face following all of the ways

Of hypocrite I lock you away

Just to realize I'm the one inside the cage

But I wasn't wise enough for freedom though long ago

Through all the years all my fears start to hear them low

Adding noise to voice all I hear below

Just the words full of hurt draining me of hope

Every cloud it starts to pour down hear the sound

Of the rivers of rain bout to drown

In the tides swallowed inside all my pride

But I can't say I'm too high right now because

Time flies when I open my eyes

I realize I've been livin' with a clever disguise but why?

Got my feet wet now taking a dive inside

The dark side to uncover the lies that I

Always believed in I was deceived when

I let the weeds in planting the seeds in

The soil of my soul growing so deep and

Suffocating the roots of a free man

Sun scorchin' to wither the sinner everyone

Givin' in to the sin but never in the Son

Going off on your own you think you're innocent

I wanna find a new way so I begin to ascend

Comin' out of my cave the decay was crushing me

Under all of the weight I couldn't stay there in between

Now I'm out of the grip that ripped me apart

Swimmin' up to the surface with purpose of heart

Met a savior whose greater than I had ever known

Forgiving every sin and healin' every soul

I didn't know I was lost but now He's leadin' me home

Leaving every sheep to find the prodigal

The pot of gold sittin' at the the end of the rainbow

The way though only through the son and His grace you go

From a slave full of shame and a heart so hateful

Out of the grave you find a place at the table

He's able to pick you up out of the dust

You must forfeit your will and be still and trust

He is God and He's good and He's sovereign and just

Never hiding he's abiding and delighting in us

We're at the foot mountain the fountain at the top

Streaming down to the drought where we thirst for every drop

Stuck at the well ignorin' heaven and hell

Feet bound to the ground where forever they dwell

But the wise decides to rise up to the peak

Doesn't waste the time to say goodbye or to speak

Of the old that's gone the new is on

And the time is now to sing your song

New life we shine inside the vine

The kind of love that loves you all the time

You were blind to find the true design

But gone's the night divine restored your sight

On a journey discerning so I don't misapprehend

I've been yearning returning over again and again

Need community and unity so call me a friend

And together we'll grow and together ascend