Before the dawn had learned my name Before my lungs had found their praise Your love was moving over waters Calling light into my soul Through every year that shaped these hands Through every dream and all that changed You stood outside of time and waited To remind me I am known And all my life You have been nearer than my breathing All my days You have been singing over me So here I am again Like the tide returning to the ocean Draw me back into Your heart Father, I am Yours Every wandering thought, every hidden place Lay it all beneath Your feet Where could I run That Your mercy would not find me? Where could I stand That Your presence would not reach? You have always been Where You have always been And You have always been with me I have seen deserts bloom with grace Watched You make rivers in my pain What I called silence was Your whisper Teaching me to trust unseen You walked beside my younger years You stayed through all my questions here And every version of my story Found Your fingerprints beneath You were the cloud You were the fire You were the stillness in the waiting You were the voice that kept saying Come closer So here I am again Like the tide returning to the ocean Draw me back into Your heart Father, I am Yours Every wandering thought, every hidden place Lay it all beneath Your feet Where could I run That Your mercy would not find me? Where could I stand That Your presence would not reach? You have always been Where You have always been And You have always been with me Take me deeper than the places I can stand Past what I understand Past what I can hold Teach my heart again How to rest inside Your wonder Like a daughter unafraid Like a child who knows Your voice And if the waves rise high If the years move quickly Still my soul will say— You are here You are here You are here When my strength becomes a memory When my eyes have seen many years Let my worship still be simple— You were faithful then You are faithful now And You will be forever
