Where can I go
to escape my daily troubles in this life?
And who'll be a friend
who'll scratch my back with something other than a knife?
People seem to be so cold, as though
the fires of humanity have been extinguished.
Whence comes this rain down on us all
as if we all must in this chill forever languish?
I thought I'd never find
a shelter from the woes of this cold precipitation.
But then I chanced to meet
the One who could lift me from my dreadful situation.
Turns out He'd been there all along,
waiting for the ones who'd hear his voice and would respond.
And finally, though I'd heard His call before,
I answered Him and said, "Yes—I want more!"
And now
I know a place
where the sun will always shine
And I see a time comin'
when we'll all have infinite time
to sing our praises to the One we love.
He is our Savior,
He is our friend.
He's our redeemer
and our lives depend
On Him.
Oh, brother, don't you know
that the evils of this world shall not forevermore endure?
For the coming of the Lord
is a soon-to-pass event, and of this you can be sure!
For even God has asked,
"How long must I put up with this unfaithful generation?"
Thus He will shortly say,
"It is time for me to to gather in My daughters and my sons.
From every town and country, all together they will come
to the house which I have built,
where they'll worship me, The One
Who has redeemed them from the death
that holds them hostage to a reprobate creation."
And now
I know a place
where the sun will always shine
And I see a time comin'
when we'll all have infinite time
to sing our praises to the One we love.
He is our Savior,
He is our friend.
He's our redeemer
and our lives depend
On Him.