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I Celebrate the Day Lyrics
With this Christmas wish is missed
The point I could convey
If only I could find the words to say to let You know
How much You've touched my life
Because here is where You're finding me
In the exact same place as New Year's Eve
And from a lack of my persistency
We're less that half as close as I want to be
CHORUS:
And the first time that You opened Your eyes
Did you realize that You would be my Savior?
And the first breath that left Your lips
Did You know that it would change this world forever?
And so this Christmas I'll compare
The things I felt in prior years
To what this midnight made so clear
That You have come to meet me here
To look back
And think that
This baby would one day save me
In the hope that
What You did
That You were born so I might really live
To look back
And think that
This baby would one day save me
CHORUS
And I,
I celebrate the day
That You were born to die
So I could one day
Pray for you to save my life
Pray for you to save my life
Pray for you to save my life
The point I could convey
If only I could find the words to say to let You know
How much You've touched my life
Because here is where You're finding me
In the exact same place as New Year's Eve
And from a lack of my persistency
We're less that half as close as I want to be
And the first time that You opened Your eyes
Did you realize that You would be my Savior?
And the first breath that left Your lips
Did You know that it would change this world forever?
The things I felt in prior years
To what this midnight made so clear
That You have come to meet me here
And think that
This baby would one day save me
In the hope that
What You did
That You were born so I might really live
To look back
And think that
This baby would one day save me
I celebrate the day
That You were born to die
So I could one day
Pray for you to save my life
Pray for you to save my life
Pray for you to save my life
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This song is awesome. It's a good reminder of what Christmas is truly about.
The song is the best song on Relient K's Cd "Deck the halls and bruise your hand" I agree with amishman that it is a great reminder of what Christmas is really about.
i luv this song its my 2nd fav song on this album
Abso-freaking-lutely gorgeous. When people talk about RK's best Christian lyrics, they rarely mention this, and it surprises me. This is truly great.
Gorgeous. You are very right. So powerful and true. It makes me re-think why we do all the things we do around the hollidays. It's more than getting, or even giving; it's what has already been given to us. "And I, I celebrate the day That You were born to die So I could one day Pray for you to save my life Pray for you to save my life Pray for you to save my life "
I think its kind of funny that Christmas is in fact based on a pagan holiday and not the birth of Jesus. Our traditions are so messed up.
KoanTao, the church might have taken aspects from a Pagan holiday's for Christmas so it was easier for the Pagan people to adapt to Christianity, but that doesn't have anything to do with the songmeaning here, it's a great song, about the true meaning of Christmas (or i guess the birth of Christ if u're going to get specific since as you already pointed out, most likely Christ was born in the summer and we just adapted Christmas to a Pagan holiday)
Every one should keep in mind (Chist)mas is not just that one day a year, but its every day. I know the meaing of this song is to remind you of the true meaning of Christmas, but that meaning is not just Jesus giving His life, it's why He did that for us.
This is quite possibly the most beautiful (on SO MANY levels) song that Relient K has ever recorded. I would love to hear more stuff like this from the guys in the future. This is probably my favorite song ever!
This song is so great. I'd never considered the connection, you know, that His birth is also about His death. I love how Relient K is able to bring that alive.