What is it Lord that you want, that I am not seeing
What in my ignorant prayers, am I failing to say
Never before have I questioned the truth of your being
Never once have I dared, never until today

All of a tremble, I stand on the edge of confusion
Who is to save me, if into the darkness I fall
Now that I need more than ever my God to be near me
Do you hear when I call, are you there after all

You have to be there, you have to, my life I have placed in thy keep
And without you I am drifting on a dark and stormy sea
You have to be there, you have to, without you I’d drown in the deep
Too far, too far from land, the waters drag me down, I reach for your hand

And when I die will throw open his arms to receive me
Who will forgive me and take me and show me his face
When I go to my rest, who will watch me and wake me
When my time comes at last, will you grant me your grace

I am so small of this earth, I am nothing without you
Daring to doubt you at all is a knife to my heart
Little by little I’m losing my way in the shadows
I am losing my hope and the world falls apart

You do have to be there, you have to, my life I have placed in thy keep
And without you I am drifting on a dark and stormy sea
You have to be there, you have to, without you I’d drown in the deep
Too far, too far from land, the waters drag me down, I reach for your hand

You have to be there, you have to
Too far, too far from land, the waters drag me down, I reach for your hand