[00:01.88]I tried Lord
[00:04.25]I tried Lord
[00:07.81]I tried hard to be Your good little boy
[00:10.57]Chin up, head high
[00:11.94]All zeal and no joy
[00:13.69]Thinking all my good deeds could please Jesus
[00:16.32]Boy, was I wrong
[00:19.19]Though I knew the right songs,
[00:20.81]all my cymbals and gongs played the melodies wrong
[00:23.19]And it wasn’t long ‘til I saw my disease
[00:25.94]A life spent wanting to please
[00:27.25]On hands and knees
[00:28.19]To make right, to appease
[00:29.69]God help me please
[00:30.50]This can’t be Christianity, it can’t be
[00:33.56]The whole thing’s like insanity
[00:34.94]Where’s the rest of eternal security?
[00:36.50]Where’s the hope of a
[00:38.57]God big enough to cope with all my hang-ups and insecurities?
[00:40.44]Certainly this isn’t breathing
[00:43.25]My chest burning and heaving
[00:44.69]It’s like my pulse is ceasing
[00:47.13]Like my heart quits beating
[00:48.13]
[00:55.15]Yet this I recall to mind and therefore I have hope:
[01:02.34]You died, Lord
[01:05.40]You died, Lord
[01:09.53]Assuredly, like the coming of the dawn, the Father’s love song goes on
[01:14.84]Drowning out my bitter songs
[01:16.15]And breaking through walls and barriers
[01:19.15]Christ swoops in, removes sin, picks up His bride and carries her
[01:22.84]So I can sing in agreement with the King this thing:
[01:26.97]There’s only one thing that pleases the Father
[01:31.78]The God-man on the tree in the midst of the scoffers
[01:35.53]Now I finally see that Christ is what Christ offers
[01:40.91]And I’m finally free in the love of the Father