Without Running Away

06.Without Running Away

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I've spent some days looking

For a length of rope

And a place to hang it

From the end of my hope

But where I thought hope had ended

I always find a little bit more

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It's not like I'm trying

To be optimistic

If the truth be told

I'd rather dismiss it

And be free of the burden

Of the living that hoping requires

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To bring my heart

To every day

And run the risk of fearlessly loving

Without running away

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Jesus is speaking

But it's so hard to hear

When disciples with swords

Are cutting off ears

Broken and bleeding

I'm waiting for healing to come

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But wounded's a part

That I've learned to play well

Though the wound may run deeper

Than I know how to tell

Where pain's an addiction

That keeps me buried alive

But when it's all that I know

I'm afraid to leave it behind

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And bring my heart

To every day

And run the risk of fearlessly loving

Without running away

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My heart is not lifted up

My eyes are not lifted up

But calm and quiet is my soul

Like a child with its mother is my soul

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After a while in the dark

Your eyes will adjust

In the shadows you'll find

The hand you can trust

And the still small voice

That calls like the rising sun

Come

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And bring your heart

To every day

Run the risk of fearlessly loving

Without running away

You must run the risk of fearlessly loving

Without running away