P R O D I G A L H E A R T Lyrics

How quickly I forget

The weight held in Your scars

How swift to separate

My fear from who You are

How easily I turn

From Your beauty to my dust

How many times must I

Re-settle into trust

I'm slow to find

Your voice behind the noise

But how quickly You come running

Over hills to welcome me

How immense Your fierce affection

That You'd bleed until I'm free

How steady are the hands

That stay my slipping feet

So now we're here again

By my rebellious heart

Was so sure You'd let me go

But despite me here You are

Your death the only thing

That could pierce deeper than my shame

Your blood alone could quiet

The roar of cosmic blame

Your kindness more

Than my fickle heart deserves

And how quickly You come running

Over hills to welcome me

How immense Your fierce affection

That You'd bleed until I'm free

How steady are the hands

That stay my slipping feet

You've clothed me in Your finest robe

Your name on the line by crediting mine

Older brothers get angry

And the kindness You've shown

But there was price in the mercy

Far greater than any we've known

And how quickly You came running

Over hills to welcome me

How immense Your fierce affection

That You'd bleed until I'm free

How steady are the hands

That stay my slipping feet

How steady are the hands

That stay my slipping feet