Chorus: (Maria McNeil)
You're all that I need to help me proceed
To get through this fire and set me free
I've been through it all and only You know
So please hold my hand on this lonely road
This lonely road...
Verse 1: (Twisted Optiks)
Yo I hope You get the glory Lord
'Cause I'm having a hard time trying to follow directions on the story board
Feeling it more and more inside this corridor
Dealing with doubt like what should I even move forward for?
Heavily horrible, and heaven only knows
I'm walking on a path that is leading to a lonely road
Feel like a broken stove, I'm only going cold
Perhaps I lost my chance to advance and now I'm growing old
Opportunities I had could've been wonderful
But now its like cards I'm dealt, I just wanna fold
Hurting and grieving uncertain of receiving
Any person to heed this cry of relief my heart is needing
I'm speaking, but I don't know if You can hear me
I'm reaching out but I don't know if You are near me
I'm nearly out of strength to stand my own ground
Down at rock bottom, all alone up in this ghost town
Chorus: (Maria McNeil)
You're all that I need to help me proceed
To get through this fire and set me free
I've been through it all and only You know
So please hold my hand on this lonely road
This lonely road...
Verse 2: (Twisted Optiks)
You see it's hard to hush the heart and let the spirit speak
But Lord I'm trying, please forgive me for the moments when I'm feeling weak
Seeking You should be my most important priority
Instead I let my thoughts overwhelm me and torture me
I want to find peace
I want to salvage what's left of my spirit and just let my mind ease
Lord I am on my knees 'cause I am honestly
At a point in the road where all I'm hearing is my heartbeat
I need Your guiding hand to lift me up to stand
And help me walk across this valley into the higher land
My knees are buckling, I'm weak and struggling
My tears form a puddle with a reflection of ugliness
Please Father remove my sight im needing blind faith
And most of all remove my pride let me be unashamed
You brought me out of pain, lonliness and heartaches
I am never alone.. You're right here with me always
Chorus: (Maria McNeil)
You're all that I need to help me proceed
To get through this fire and set me free
I've been through it all and only you know
So please hold my hand on this lonely road
This lonely road...
Verse 3: (Twisted Optiks)
Lord I ain't mad at You, You've always been around
You put my feet upon the rock and firm solid ground
But what I don't get is when You put me down
Left me to walk this lonely road alone and in my tears drown
Times I dealt with despair it almost buried me
I looked down those footprints of Yours I would barely see
It took me so long to realize with clarity
The times that I was hurting the most is when You carried me
Chorus: (Maria McNeil)
You're all that I need to help me proceed
To get through this fire and set me free
I've been through it all and only you know
So please hold my hand on this lonely road
This lonely road... (x2)
credits
from ups and downs mixtape,
track released July 10, 2011
Chorus Vocals by Maria McNeil
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at His Servant Ministries.
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