My heart is empty
ever since the day I left you
I have lost everything
ever since the day I walked away from you
there is no joy just an ever increasing pain
I've seen the darkest days
and restless nights that seemed to never end
My body is weak
my mind is consumed with horrid thoughts
death seems better than the life that I sought
thoughts of you bring moments of sanity
it was in your house that I was free
your touch always healed and lifted me up
your Word gave me life I was safe in your love
As I lay in all this filth and despair
I long to sit at your table and drink from your cup
oh how I hunger and thirst for all you have to give
can I come home so that now I can live
break with me the Bread of Life from heaven
for I am broken living in madness, mayhem and mess
life force spent can barely feel a heartbeat in my chest
I get up from my present state of mind
and come running home to you with arms open wide
your light is like a beacon piercing the dark in which I hide
I'm back on the road that leads straight to you
as I come closer I see you standing at the road that leads to your gate
with tattered robes and empty soul I begin to feel the pressure and shame
my head bowed down so afraid to look up wondering if it is too late
I keep on walking feet swollen cut and bruised
if I could just only be your lowest servant in your house
I'd have everything to gain and nothing to lose
I stumble and die with each step I try
head down, heart wrecked, breath short and labored
I keep pushing forward knowing I lost your favor
in you I place my focus and place my thoughts under submission
Through tear stained eyes to my surprise I see you
on this road walking toward me in powerful stride
I'm so afraid is it to late is there room for me inside
is your Love gone and closed to me for all eternity
my steps begin to falter and my being starts to shake
I remember it was your Love that I did forsake
Father I stretch my hands toward you no other help do I know
I try to stand but you take my hand as I fall on my face at your feet
you lift me up and dust me off holding me with Love's full embrace
my spirit is connected and strength restored as I earnestly seek your face
if only you would hide me in a corner of one of your many rooms
then no one would see the pain I suffered or the sorrow of my tune
naked I stand before you cold, worn, broke, tattered, and torn
you take off your coat and wrap it around me so I am covered and warm
You take my dirty hands and place your ring on my finger
you call out to your servants and tell them to prepare a great feast
you claim that your son has come home a reason to celebrate
your smile surrounds me and in your heart I have renewed a place
I thought I'd never make it or ever find my way back home
you told me you waited for me and that I was never alone
you looked toward that road every day wondering how far I would roam
Now I am back in the place where you would have me to be
living right full of your Word and a living testimony
Bread of Heaven come down from glory just to dwell with me
now I go back out on that road to help the blind to see
I hold up the sign and the symbol of freedom, power and liberty
for all to see when lost in despair that there's a road to victory
come this way where the lame will walk and the captives will be set free
In my Father's house there are many rooms....
