After the Music Fades Lyrics
Words and music by Shaun Groves
Lord, take me
From this place
Into a world that has no time
No hurries, no worries
Gladly I leave them all behind
Down here, I'm letting go and drawing near
I wanna sing
I wanna fly
I wanna see from your side of the sky
I wanna love
I wanna stay
Wanna be close to You
Long after the music fades
Lord, I come
To give You
Much more than just a melody
Please take me, and break me
Right now God I don't want to leave
Unchanged, never wanna be the same
'Cause Lord You are
Mighty, Awesome, Righteous
Gracious, Knowing
In me overflowing
Father, Teacher, Master, Leader
Jealous, Loving, You are
You are life
You are love
You are everything that I'm needing
I wanna be
I wanna be
Story Behind The Song:
When Blaze Pascal, Father of Calculus and modern Mathematics, became a Christian he had an extreme reaction. He wrote the following in His diary: "Today I found God. Not the God of the philosophers and theologians but the God of Abraham and Moses. Fire! Fire! Fire! Joy! Joy! Joy! Fire! Fire! Joy! Joy! Fire! Unspeakable Joy!" Worship is my response to God with all that I am to all that God is, has done and is doing in me, through me, and around me. Worship is an encounter with God that leaves us changed. Our lives should be different if we've truly worshiped - characterized by, for lack of better words, fire and unspeakable joy. (Isaiah 6)
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