No One Sees Me Except You
9-17-03
When things look dark, when times turn bleak,
When my soul feels tired, worn, and weak.
I feel as though, I'm but a frightened child,
Trapped in a coaster, gone terribly wild.
Everything blurs by, in a dazzling display,
I'm supposed to be fine, but I'm not okay.
As my eyes go wide, and I'm screaming inside,
With no way to get off, I'm stuck on this ride.
None hears my silent cries, except you.
There are times I feel friendless, and times I'm alone.
But times of fulfillment, this heart has not known.
It doesn't help filling the void with empty gestures and lies.
Expectations, promises, never kept, only tried.
I sit in denial as I fake my smile, all the while you see right through me.
No one sees me crying inside, except YOU.
When my senses have gone numb, and I'm confound and dumb,
I'm intoxicated by this world, like whisky and rum.
When the world tastes so bland, and I can't understand,
Why I'm living with burdens, unable to stand.
..but then, you take hold of my hand.
A tormenting void, inside me that aches.
A feeling within, I can't seem to shake.
With nothing at stake, expectations I can't make,
An unstable facade, ready to break,
I take off the smile I can no longer fake.
No one feels me, except YOU.
When I'm feeling anxious, when I'm feeling alarmed, you take me, away from danger, safe from harm.
When life is a mess, and I can't second guess
What approaches, I'm tested and not at my best.
When I feel less than my worth, I must confess,
It is in you that I find my refuge and rest.
You seek me out, you see me through.
You do for me what none can do.
You caress my heart.
You hug my soul.
You lift my spirit.
You make me whole.
You touch me as a father.
You hear me as a friend.
But you see me, Jesus, as no one can.
When things look dark, when times turn bleak,
When my soul feels tired, worn, and weak.
I feel as though, I'm but a frightened child,
Trapped in a coaster, gone terribly wild.
Everything blurs by, in a dazzling display,
I'm supposed to be fine, but I'm not okay.
As my eyes go wide, and I'm screaming inside,
With no way to get off, I'm stuck on this ride.
None hears my silent cries, except you.
There are times I feel friendless, and times I'm alone.
But times of fulfillment, this heart has not known.
It doesn't help filling the void with empty gestures and lies.
Expectations, promises, never kept, only tried.
I sit in denial as I fake my smile, all the while you see right through me.
No one sees me crying inside, except YOU.
When my senses have gone numb, and I'm confound and dumb,
I'm intoxicated by this world, like whisky and rum.
When the world tastes so bland, and I can't understand,
Why I'm living with burdens, unable to stand.
..but then, you take hold of my hand.
A tormenting void, inside me that aches.
A feeling within, I can't seem to shake.
With nothing at stake, expectations I can't make,
An unstable facade, ready to break,
I take off the smile I can no longer fake.
No one feels me, except YOU.
When I'm feeling anxious, when I'm feeling alarmed, you take me, away from danger, safe from harm.
When life is a mess, and I can't second guess
What approaches, I'm tested and not at my best.
When I feel less than my worth, I must confess,
It is in you that I find my refuge and rest.
You seek me out, you see me through.
You do for me what none can do.
You caress my heart.
You hug my soul.
You lift my spirit.
You make me whole.
You touch me as a father.
You hear me as a friend.
But you see me, Jesus, as no one can.