Common yet Forbidden - Face of the Father

Face of the Father


and so we pray
for redemption and grace
to fall on us
we run from this altar
of covenant
'twixt flesh and life
spirit and love
breathe your life into me

shine your face on me as your son
tell me i am yours
your spirit be near me
teach me to fear thee
and honor thy ways

but i'm tired of fighting your wars
staying atop the oceans that rage inside

i'm going under
i breathe the oceans
i feel nothing

i have forgotten the face of my father
i have lost sight of the light
breaking my darkness
i have forgotten the face of my father
i have lost sight of the light
breaking my heart into everything

where am i
where are you
remember the terror
remember the suffering
remember
remember me

it has nothing to do
with the hell i am in
it has everything to do
with the hell i am in
from the hell we are freed from
break us from these chains
make us new again

let us not forget the face of our father
let your face shine on us always
destroying our darkness