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LYRICS:
Dear God
I've been trying awful hard to make You proud of me
But it seems
The harder that I try, all the harder it becomes
And I feel like giving up
Most of the time

Dear God
I've been chasing their approval and it's killin' me
And I know
The more I try to prove
All the less I have to show
And I'm stuck inside my head
Most of the time

But if I pray a little harder
If I follow all the rules
I wonder, could I ever be enough?

'Cause I try and try
Just to fall back down again
And I ask myself why
Do I try to chase the wind?
I should lean into the mystery
Maybe hope is found in a melody
So I wanna try again
Oh, I'm gonna try again

And dear child
I hope you know how much I love you and I'm proud of you
And please believe
The thoughts I have for you will never change or fade away
And when you felt like giving up
I never did

'Cause I'm not scared of imperfections
Or the questions in your head
Just know that you have always been enough

'Cause you tried and you tried
And I saw you wrestle with
Every how, every why
I was right there listening
So just fall into the mystery
And I'll meet you here in the melody
Try, just to try again
Oh, child would you try again?
My child, you can love again

LYRICS:
Here I go again
Three glasses in, countin' my sins
Home alone again
It's three in the mornin', just me and my demons at war again
So I'm callin' in
Are you listenin'?

You made a man this fragile
You made a heart that can break
You showed me the road less traveled
Knowin' I'm gonna run away
You make me love so hard
When everything I love just leaves
Are you sure there's nothin' wrong with me?

And why does my life have to hurt so much?
Why can't I find any peace or love?
And why do I feel like I'm not enough?
Dear God, are you sure that you don't mess up?

Can you still call it prayin' if
All that I do is sitting here cursin'
Cursin' your name again?
The truth is it's not even you
It's just me that I'm up against
But you made me this
Can we share the blame for this?
Mmm

'Cause after all
You made a man this fragile
You made a heart that can break
I know you showed me the road less traveled
Knowin' I'm gonna run away
You make me love so hard
When everything I love just leaves
Are you sure that there's nothin' wrong with me?

'Cause why does my life have to hurt so much?
Why can't I find any peace or love?
And why do I feel like I'm not enough?
Dear God, are you sure that you don't, that you don't mess up?
You don't mess up
I know you don't mess up
I know that you don't mess up

I know this ain't for nothin'
There's nothin' you don't make
I know you got your reasons
This shit's just hard to take
I don't mean to criticize
I know I'm hard to teach
I know you tell me there's nothin' wrong with me

Yeah, but why does my life have to hurt so much?
And why can't I find any peace or love?
And why do I feel like I'm not enough?
Dear God, are you sure that you don't, that you don't mess up?
You don't mess up
I know you don't mess up, yeah
Dear God, just remind me you don't mess up

Dear heart, do you belong to me or do I belong to you?
Just look at all the trouble you dragged me into
I've heard it's said to follow your heart
But I'm starting to wonder if it's gone too far

Oh heart, you let me down
Chasing love where it can't be found
Heart, we've fallen out
'Cause all of your emotions have led me to doubt
Tell me who's gonna save us now?

Dear heart, you're in the wrong place
Looking out for yourself, no matter what I say
And I know that you're holding me back
And it's time for a change so I'm giving you away

Heart, you let me down
Chasing love where it can't be found
And heart, we've fallen out
'Cause all of your emotions have led me to doubt
Tell me who's gonna save us now?

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Heart, you let me down
Chasing love where it can't be found
And heart, we've fallen out
'Cause all of your emotions have led me to doubt
Only Jesus can save us now

LYRICS:
Dear John, How you doin'
I've been thinking about you
I'm not sure how to say it,
but I've been praying daily
For some kind of a breakthrough

I've said this a thousand times
And I know you don't see my side
But I do it 'cause I love you
So, dear John here's the truth...

There's freedom
On the other side of
Things that keep us tied up and afraid
There's hope in every situation
No matter what you're facing everyday
But it's up to you
You get to choose
The Father is waiting there with open arms

Dear John, People hurt you
And you know I've been hurt too
There's no way to escape it,
don't let your pain be wasted
No, don't let it get the best of you
'Cause God took my broken parts
And gave me a brand new start
Now I am walking, breathing, living proof
And, dear John, He can do this for you

There's freedom
On the other side of
Things that keep us tied up and afraid
There's hope in every situation
No matter what you're facing everyday
But it's up to you
You get to choose
The Father is waiting there with open arms

Dear John, It's a not a list of do's and don'ts
Not a record of your faults
He gave his life pay it all
Dear John, He loves you just the way you are
You are forgiven by His scars
Just open up your heart, your heart

There's freedom
On the other side of
Things that keep us tied up and afraid
There's hope in every situation
No matter what you're facing everyday
But it's up to you
You get to choose
The Father is waiting there with open arms

Dear John, dear John, dear John, dear John...

LYRICS:
Dear Me
This is a letter to the girl I used to be
Dear Me
There are some things that you should know
It's not my intention to embarrass or to shame you
What's inside the rear-view mirror is closer than it appears
We do the best that we know how, with what we have been given
And the difference between you and I is, I've been given time
In time, you'll see

Dear Me
This is a letter to the girl I used to be
Some things are not as simple as we said
Remember when we thought there were a handful of some magic words to pray
A guarantee and a down payment on a mansion
Remember all the rules we made about the Body and the Blood
The hoops we made them jump through
Though He offers it to everyone
I'm so sorry

Do you remember now the things I said I thought that I deserved
My flag, and safety, a place to learn
The things I know I didn't earn
And bless their hearts, I'm sure it's hard
But handouts don't help anyone
And all the talk about the system
I sure hope someone can fix them
I said those things

Dear Me
This is a letter to the girl I used to be
You'll see, you're gonna take the long way
And there is nothing you could do or say to separate you
From the love of God who made you just exactly as He meant to
And you cannot imagine all the places you'll see Jesus
But you'll find Him everywhere you thought He wasn't supposed to go
So, go, go

And hold all the mothers, whose babies bleed from bullet holes
And feel all the hunger, the bellies, and the bones
Shout for the prisoner, cry for justice, loud and long
And march with the victims, as Jesus marches on
And sit at all the tables, 'cause Jesus eats with everyone
And dance to the music, if you can't sing its native tongue
And cry for the wombs, the mothers and the empty arms
And hold high the warriors, fighting now for freedoms' song

And love, love, love, love
Like it's your own blood
And love, love, love, love
As you have been loved
Love, love, love, love
Like it's your own blood
Love, love, love, love
As you have been loved
Love, love, love, love, love
Like (you have been?)
Love, love, love, love, love
It's all about love!
Love, love, love, love, love
His name is love
Love, love, love, love, love

Dear Me
You did not learn this in a day or two or three
So ask a lot of questions
But Jesus loves us, this I know
And there are no exceptions

LYRICS:
"Dear Mr. Jesus,
I just had to write to you
Something really scared me
When I saw it on the news
A story about a little girl
Beaten black and blue
Jesus, thought I'd take this
Right to you

Dear Mr. Jesus,
I don't understand
Why they took her mom and dad away
I know that they don't mean to hit
With wild and angry hands
Tell them just how big they are
I pray

Please don't let them hurt your children
We need love and shelter from the storm
Please don't let them hurt your children
Won't you keep us safe and warm

Dear Mr. Jesus,
They say that she may die
Oh I hope the doctors stop the pain
I know that you could save her
And take her up to the sky
So she will never have to hurt again

Please don't let them hurt your children
We need love and shelter from the storm
Please don't let them hurt your children
Won't you keep us safe and warm

Dear Mr. Jesus,
Please tell me what to do
And please don't tell my daddy
That my mommy hits me too

Please don't let them hurt your children
We need love and shelter from the storm
Please don't let them hurt your children
Won't you keep us safe and warm

Please don't let them hurt your children
They need love and shelter from the storm
Please don't let them hurt your children
Won't you keep us safe and warm"

LYRICS:
Dear younger me
Where do I start
If I could tell you everything that I have learned so far
Then you could be
One step ahead
Of all the painful memories still running through my head
I wonder how much different things would be
Dear younger me

Dear younger me
I cannot decide
Do I give some speech about how to get the most out of your life
Or do I go deep
And try to change
The choices that you'll make 'cause they're choices that made me
And even though I love this crazy life
Sometimes I wish it was a smoother ride
Dear younger me
Dear younger me

Oh, if I knew then what I know now
Condemnation would've had no power
My joy, my pain would've never been my worth
If I knew then what I know now
Would've not been hard to figure out
What I would've changed if I had heard

Dear younger me
It's not your fault
You were never meant to carry this beyond the cross
Dear younger me

You are holy, you are righteous
You are one of the redeemed
Set apart a brand new heart
Oh, you are free indeed

Every mountain, every valley
Through each heartache you will see
Every moment brings you closer
To who you were meant to be
Dear younger me, dear younger me

You are holy, you are righteous
You are one of the redeemed
Set apart a brand new heart
Oh, you are free indeed

You are holy, you are righteous
You are one of the redeemed
Set apart a brand new heart
Oh, you are free indeed

You are holy, you are righteous
You are one of the redeemed
Set apart a brand new heart
Oh, you are free indeed

You are holy, you are righteous
You are one of the redeemed

LYRICS:
We can’t come to the Father without the Son
We can’t turn His wrath without shed blood
We brought nothing to the table that satisfied
We were naked and poor, deaf and blind
Man has sinned but God has saved
You rose and overcame the grave
At the death of death, where love and justice kiss
We were born to sin and only You forgive
In Your final breath grace and mercy win
At the death of death You died and rose again
We weren’t just drowning we were dead to the bone
You gave us hearts of flesh and took away the stone
The Word made flesh and love defined
You didn’t spare Yourself the Immortal One died
Man has sinned but God has saved
You rose and overcame the grave
At the death of death where love and justice kiss
We were born to sin and only You forgive
In Your final breath grace and mercy win
At the death of death You died and rose again

LYRICS:
Alone in my sorrow and dead in my sin
Lost without hope with no place to begin
Your love made a way to let mercy come in
When death was arrested and my life began

Ash was redeemed, only beauty remains
My orphan heart was given a name
My mourning grew quiet, my feet rose to dance
When death was arrested and my life began

Oh, Your grace, so free, washes over me
You have made me new, now life begins with You
It's Your endless love, pouring down on us
You have made us new, now life begins with You

Released from my chains, I'm a prisoner no more
My shame was a ransom He faithfully bore
He cancelled my debt and He called me His friend
When death was arrested and my life began

Oh, Your grace, so free, washes over me
You have made me new, now life begins with You
It's Your endless love, pouring down on us
You have made us new, now life begins with You

Our savior displayed on a criminal's cross

Darkness rejoiced as though heaven had lost
But then Jesus arose with our freedom in hand
That's when death was arrested and my life began

Oh, Your grace, so free, washes over me
You have made me new, now life begins with You
It's Your endless love, pouring down on us
You have made us new, now life begins with You

Oh, we're free, free, forever we're free
Come join the song of all the redeemed
Yes, we're free, free, forever, amen
When death was arrested and my life began

Oh, we're free, free, forever we're free
Come join the song of all the redeemed
Yes, we're free, free, forever, amen
When death was arrested and my life began

When death was arrested and my life began
When death was arrested and my life began

LYRICS:
Oh, Your grace, so free, washes over me
You have made me new, now life begins with You
It's Your endless love, pouring down on us
You have made us new, now life begins with You

Released from my chains I'm a prisoner no more
My shame was a ransom He faithfully bore
He cancelled my debt and He called me His friend
When death was arrested and my life began

"Deck the Halls” is a traditional Christmas carol. The melody is Welsh, dating back to the sixteenth century, and belongs to a winter carol, "Nos Galan", while the English lyrics, written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, date to 1862.