Songwriter Diaries

I need you now It’s a dark time and I don’t know where to go Am I meant to stay this way forever? Lord, You’re the only one who knows and I am yours In this moment I surrender   My worst anxieties, impossibilities  They feel like ordinary days The stories in my mind, unruly and unkind I just can’t make them go away   Too many hours, too many days Feeling hopeless and broken, lost and afraid Oh, te...

Sometimes the dreaming’s all I ever do Sometimes I fall asleep and dream of dreaming too My heart is open and my spirit free Still I’m not where I want to be I’m spending days with my head in the clouds I’m walking circles and I get lost in the crowd I can’t believe all of the time that’s gone Still I’m not where I belong   Once I gave it all to have it all I used to be more than just a dreamer Mo...

There are some days I can’t wake Problems that I can’t face Shame about the mistakes, that I’ve made   There are some nights I can’t sleep Worries keeping me weak And I find it hard to believe in me   But it can take just one blessed minute To suddenly be overcome I can’t put into words the way that it feels,  To discover your love  Every time I am alone I think about life on my own Troubled by ev...

I’m still underneath the covers Putting out the flames that Sting and burn my skin I’m still hiding in the shadows Fighting off the ghosts who’ve Haunted their way in But somehow in these trials  and despite these tear-stained cheeks, I feel like dancing now I feel you here with me   So I will dance, I will sing And I will find a way through everything I won’t give in, I won’t give up I’ll still b...

Here I go again, all the thoughts within,  circling my head I can’t seem to win, fighting off this sin,  finding ways to mend Even in my praying I am contemplating All the ways I worry and I fault   What will it take? What is the cure? What do I live this misery for? How will I learn? How do I heal? How can I bear the pain that I feel? God if you’re listening to me Help me be still   I seem to los...

I believed I had it figured out Then thieves in the night come Slowly as the mornings get me down Never a moment is right   I thought there were boundaries  Lines uncrossed and sacred space But you have a hold on me And I can’t seem to break away I’ve never been rebellious  I’ve barely even told a lie Now I’m feeling jealous Of the ones who aren’t afraid to try It’s like I haven’t grown up Trapped...

I think about life before I think about all the times I’d won Never running out of more Never running out of love I might have been self-assured A little naive in all the fun Sitting pretty on the top of it all   Now there is silence Now that I’m hurting I’m flooded with all the memories Is it a breakdown? Is it a breakthrough? Towards the woman I’m meant to be   I’m still afraid and in this melod...