Oh God let your spirit fall on me
Oh God let your spirit fall on me
Oh God let your spirit fall on me
Oh God let your spirit fall on me
Oh God let your spirit fall on me

Your perfect peace comes down and amazes me
It's like a dream or a vision inside of me
Oh God let your spirit fall on me
Your perfect peace comes down and amazes me
It's like a dream or a vision inside of me
Your perfect peace comes down and amazes me

Move swiftly now
Don't fall behind
Move swiftly now
Get up on the front line

Oh God I want to dance like David
Oh God I want to dance like David
Oh God I want to dance like David
Oh God I want to dance like David

Every time I fall on my face
I dream of a place so far away
Don't want to hide my face for another day

Everything I do
I want to do it for you
Unlike the others who have fallen and slipped away
Everything I do
I want to do it for you
Unlike the others who have fallen and slipped away
They've slipped away

Move swiftly now
Don't fall behind
Move swiftly now
Get up on the front line

Oh God I want to dance like David
Oh God I want to dance like David
Oh God I want to dance like David
Oh God I want to dance like David...

Move swiftly now
Don't fall behind
Move swiftly now
Get up on the front line


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    I love this song, it reminds us how we need to be humble (cause we really are nothing), and how awesome God is. and that we need to keep hope and faith, cause God'll reward us when the job is done.

    irresistible7on September 16, 2002   Link

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