Before The River Came

I've been lookin' at the past

I've wasted too much time

on things that won't last

I've built a kingdom out

of rubble and sand

But I don't, don't want

to hold on to it all

I'm ready for the river

to run and wash it away

I'm singin'

Come sweet water, cleanse my soul

Shower me and make me whole

Consume me with your healing flood

Leave no traces of the man that

I was Before the river came

There's no freedom in the chains

They'll hold you captive to the guilt of your stains

One drop of water brings an ocean of change

And I long , I long to move on from it all

I'm ready for the river to run and wash it away I'm singin'

Come sweet water, cleanse my soul

Shower me and make me whole

Consume me with your healing flood

Leave no traces of the man that

I was Before the river came

Bridge: Baptize and bury me until only

You remain (come and rescue me)

I don't want to be the man I was

Long before the river came

Come sweet water, cleanse my soul

Shower me and make me whole

Consume me with your healing flood

Leave no traces of the man that

I was Before the river came