You Have To Be There

What is it Lord that you want
That I am not seeing
What in my ignorant prayers
Am I failing to say
Never before have I questioned the truth of your being
Never once have I dared
Never until today.

All of a tremble
I stand on the edge of confusion
Who is to save me
If into the darkness I fall
Now that I need more than ever my God to be near me
Do you hear when I call
Are you there after all
You have to be there, you have to
My life I have placed in thy keep
And without you I am drifting on a dark and stormy sea.

You have to be there, you have to
Without you I'd drown in the deep
Too far, too far from land
The waters drag me down
I reach for your hand.

And when I die will throw open his arms to receive me
Who will forgive me and take me and show me his face
When I go to my rest, who will watch me and wake me
When my time comes at last, will you grant me your grace?

I am so small of this Earth, I am nothing without you
Daring to doubt you at all turns a knife in my heart
Little by little I'm losing my way in the shadows
I am losing my hope and the world falls apart.

You have to be there, you have to
My life I have placed in thy keep
And without you I am drifting on a dark and stormy sea.

You have to be there, you have to
Without you I'd drown in the deep
Too far, too far from land
The waters drag me down
I reach for your hand.

You have to be there, you have to
Without you I'd drown in the deep
Too far, too far from land
The waters drag me down
I reach for your hand.