They told me I could see it
“Come and take it for your own
Have you the strength to run and reach it?
You are nothing if you don’t”

I thought that I could hold it
What have I gained at all?
It lifts me ‘til I’m sober
And it shames me when it’s gone

I have seen the mighty
I have envied kings and crowns
But I’m finding it’s a mercy
That I am what I am
By the grace of God my Father
I am what I am

For who am I to know this?
The wonder of a life
The laughter of a daughter
The beauty of a wife
The rising of the voices
The colors of the light
Returning like the water
Like the rain upon my face
On and over
Wave upon everlasting wave

I was once a young man
On the shoulder of a road
I am old enough to know now
I will never be alone
Though my heart is aching, Lord
This will be my song

Love is all around me
In the fall, in the rise
Another breath, another morning
It is good to be alive