... the hunger for a faith that assures

You have led me to the sadness

I have carried this pain

on a back bruised, nearly broken

I'm crying out to You

I will sing of Your mercy

that leads me through valleys of sorrow

to rivers of joy

when death, like a gypsy

comes to steal what I love

I will still look to the heavens

I will still seek your face

but I fear You aren't listening

because there are no words

just the stillness

and the hunger

for a faith that assures

I will sing of Your mercy

that leads me through valleys of sorrow

to rivers of joy

alleluia, alleluia

alleluia, alleluia

while we wait for rescue

with our eyes tightly shut

face to the ground using our hands

to cover the fatal cut

though the pain is an ocean

tossing us around, around, around

You have calmed greater waters

higher mountains have come down

I will sing of Your mercy

that leads me through valleys of sorrow

to rivers of joy

I will sing of Your mercy
that leads me through valleys of sorrow

to rivers of joy
alleluia, alleluia

alleluia, alleluia