The Writer Lyrics

A blank canvas

A barren page

A pen unmoving

A hand unswayed

Words flow from the mind of the Writer

Life comes from the pen of the Writer

Words flow from the mind of the Writer

Life comes from the pen of the Writer

The Writer writes and a heartbeat starts

A new light invades the dark

The ink from His pen draws the form of men

His word can make us born again

He is the Author of life

Amen

A newborn life

A precious soul

A story unfolding

A plot untold

My life was in the Writer's hands

My days marked out before they began

My life was in the Writer's hands

I was living out His plan

The Writer writes and a heartbeat starts

A new light invades the dark

The ink from His pen draws the form of men

His word can make us born again

He is the Author of life

But then

"I don't wanna be a part of Your story

I want my own hopes, my own dreams

I don't want you to get all the glory

I'm tired of You makin' a puppet outta me"

And somewhere inside came alive

A ravenous beast thirsting for life

A black-hole hunger with a wicked goal

"I must rise against the Writer's control!"

Ahh...

So I'll step up

My life will be in my control

I'll take the reins

Power is everything that I hold

Now You can't take this away from me

No, I will control my destiny

You thought You had me in Your strings

Now I will live like a king

Oh, You pulled one over on me then

But now I'll hold the pen!

Every day I try to find my way out

I know He's always with me

How can I escape His eyes?

I must get away while He cannot see

I must flee

Every day I try to find my way out

I know He's always with me

How can I escape His eyes?

I must get away while He cannot see

Mutiny... mutiny

But His eyes saw me

Run!

I was running from life's Lord

Hiding away with a sharp sword

Hoping His face I could ignore

Trapped behind this locked door

"Can a man hide himself in secret places

So that I cannot see him," declares the Lord

"Do I not fill Heaven and Earth," declares the Lord

I'll finally escape His story

I'll find the keys to glory

No rules to thwart my victory

Master of my destiny

"And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God

God gave them up to a debased mind

To do what ought not to be done"

Filled with anguish, filled with sin

I thought this would make my existence begin

Filled with anguish, filled with sin

Looks like I'm runnin' to You again

The Writer writes and a heartbeat starts

A new light invades the dark

The ink from His pen draws the form of men

His word can make us born again

He is the Author of life

Amen, amen

Amen