Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Surely children weren't made for the streets
And fathers were not made to leave
Surely this isn't how it should be
Let your kingdom come
Surely nations were not made for war
Or the broken and due be ignored
Surely this just can't be what you saw
Let your kingdom come here in my heart
And I will live to carry your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be your hands and feet
And I will give
With the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see the world be changed
By the power of your name
The power of your name (the power of your name)
Surely life wasn't made to regret
And the lost were not made to forget
Surely faith without action is dead
Let your kingdom come, lord break this heart
Oh
And I will live to carry your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be your hands and feet (ah)
And I will give
With the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see the world be changed
By the power of your name, yeah
Jesus your name is a shelter for the hurting
Your name is a refuge for the weak (for the weak)
Only your name can take the undeserving
Jesus your name holds everything I need
And I will live
To carry your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be your hands and feet
And I will give
With the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see this world be changed
By the power of your name
Oh, and I will live
To carry your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be your hands and feet
And I will give
With the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see this world be changed
By the power of your name
The power of your name (power of your name)
The power of your name
The power of your name, ohh-oh
The power of your name (Jesus, Jesus, woah-oh-oh, your name)
Jesus, Jesus
The power of your name
And fathers were not made to leave
Surely this isn't how it should be
Let your kingdom come
Surely nations were not made for war
Or the broken and due be ignored
Surely this just can't be what you saw
Let your kingdom come here in my heart
And I will live to carry your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be your hands and feet
And I will give
With the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see the world be changed
By the power of your name
The power of your name (the power of your name)
Surely life wasn't made to regret
And the lost were not made to forget
Surely faith without action is dead
Let your kingdom come, lord break this heart
Oh
And I will live to carry your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be your hands and feet (ah)
And I will give
With the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see the world be changed
By the power of your name, yeah
Jesus your name is a shelter for the hurting
Your name is a refuge for the weak (for the weak)
Only your name can take the undeserving
Jesus your name holds everything I need
And I will live
To carry your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be your hands and feet
And I will give
With the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see this world be changed
By the power of your name
Oh, and I will live
To carry your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be your hands and feet
And I will give
With the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see this world be changed
By the power of your name
The power of your name (power of your name)
The power of your name
The power of your name, ohh-oh
The power of your name (Jesus, Jesus, woah-oh-oh, your name)
Jesus, Jesus
The power of your name
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