[00:15.19]Take Me To Church - Mikhail Bennett
[00:15.41]Take me to church
[00:18.50]Lord, one more time
[00:22.98]Not for the walls
[00:25.92]or stained glass light
[00:30.73]But to the place
[00:33.10]where my tired heart
[00:37.85]can finally stop
[00:40.70]its endless fight
[00:45.75]I have walked too far from stillness
[00:49.70]carried burdens all alone
[00:53.41]I have spoken prayers without feeling
[00:57.09]then wondered why my heart felt cold
[01:01.13]I remember when your presence
[01:04.48]could bring tears before a word
[01:08.19]Now I miss that holy closeness
[01:11.83]I miss the way my spirit heard
[01:15.46]So I come with nothing polished
[01:19.28]only weakness, dust and hurt
[01:22.62]Jesus, lead me back to mercy
[01:28.98]Take me to church
[01:35.48]Take me where my pride grows quiet
[01:43.21]Where my restless questions cease
[01:50.20]Let me kneel before the Savior
[01:57.69]Till my weary soul finds peace
[02:04.67]Take me to church
[02:09.07]Take me back to You
[02:13.43]Back to the altar where my heart was made new
[02:21.07]When I have wandered, when I've lost my song
[02:28.65]Call me home
[02:31.43]where I belong
[02:34.89]Let the organ rise like mercy
[02:38.83]Let the guitar cry through every hurt
[02:43.82]Jesus, take this tired believer
[02:50.24]Take me to church
[02:57.99]I confess
[02:59.98]I kept on serving
[03:02.62]while my heart was far away
[03:06.34]I knew every line of worship
[03:09.97]but forgot how to truly pray
[03:13.70]I let disappointment harden
[03:17.36]what was once so soft in me
[03:21.06]I watched others find their answers
[03:24.31]and quietly asked,"Lord, what about me?"
[03:28.39]Forgive the anger I kept hidden
[03:32.11]Forgive the faith I tried to fake
[03:35.82]Wash away my expectations
[03:38.63]that made love depend on what You gave
[03:43.23]I don't need another blessing
[03:46.91]if it costs my closeness first
[03:50.62]I would rather have Your presence
[03:53.11]Jesus
[03:54.96]Take me to church
[03:59.85]Take the bitterness from waiting
[04:03.58]Take the distance from my praise
[04:07.25]Let repentance open windows
[04:10.12]for the light of holy grace
[04:15.24]Take me to church
[04:18.26]Take me back to You
[04:22.47]Back to the altar where my heart was made new
[04:30.28]When I have wandered, when I've lost my song
[04:37.69]Call me home
[04:40.42]where I belong
[04:44.06]Let the organ rise like mercy
[04:48.08]Let the guitar cry through every hurt
[04:53.01]Jesus, take this tired believer
[04:59.51]Take me to church
[05:04.41]I don't need a perfect building
[05:07.48]I don't need a crowded room
[05:11.79]Make this broken heart Your temple
[05:15.05]let Your spirit enter through
[05:19.20]Let the choir breathe behind me
[05:22.44]Grace is calling,"Come back home"
[05:26.61]I have run enough from mercy
[05:30.25]I don't want to walk alone
[05:36.12]Now I'm kneeling in Your presence
[05:41.26]Something frozen starts to move
[05:44.73]Tears I thought were gone forever
[05:48.67]fall like rain beneath Your truth
[05:52.38]Hallelujah for forgiveness
[05:56.16]Hallelujah, I am Yours
[05:59.63]Jesus, keep my heart beside You
[06:06.10]Take me to church