If I should leave tonight and
Seek after something new
Would you forgive me?
Tonight I feel like I don't have
The strength to make it through
I just need to be
Free of this, free of life, free from the past
Free to be whole at last
I don't know why you're holding me down
It's my words, it's my sound,
It's my kind you don't want around
Why won't you open up your heart?
Would you hurt me, if I gave you the chance
Would you kill me, if no, then why do you give me this?
Would you take from me my life?
My music is a sacrifice
If you can't understand it, believe me
I have no reason to lie
So many ways to praise our Lord
A joyful noise is what He adores
If you think the world needs salvation
Then why leave your children behind?
I see outside my life there's
So much need for God
You may say they're not listening
To you calls, I'm telling you
It's not that way at all
You've got to know they are not you
But trust me, friend, that in the end
They've understood what I've said to them
Even if it's not your way
Would you hurt them, if they gave you the chance
Would you kill them, if no, then why do you give them this?
Would you take from them their life
My music is their sacrifice
And they understand it, believe me
I'll tell them why Christ died
So many ways we can reach out
And say what love's really about
I think the world needs salvation
So I won't leave them behind
