There's a Darkness

from Shelterheart by Benjamin Daniel

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Written at Providence Church in Duluth, GA (2018)
Recorded in Nashville, TN

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If the bombs go off and I've no courage to hold fast
Promise me you'll leave
Keep a safe distance from the blast
I'm terrified I'll burden you the way I do myself
It's hard enough to self-destruct without destroying someone else

Cause there's a darkness deep inside of me
Brother, I can't keep it in
And how on earth can you console
This death-haunted heart in a world full of sin?

Wave after wave after wave after wave after...

I've told all my secrets
And I've faced all my darkest fears
But nothing seems to still the sadness
Nothing stops the tears

Cause there's a darkness deep inside of me
Lord, it's all too much to bear
The joy of "the already"
All but smothered by "not there"

Wave after wave after wave after wave after...

Whatever I decree
However they may flee
Wherever You may be
Let Love draw the darkness
Draw it out of me
When lusts betray this battered heart longing to be free
When seasons sworn to shape me make me timber from a tree
Let it all be brought to light
Behold the agony
Cause I need You to stay more than I don't want You to see

I need you to stay more than I don't want you to see

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from Shelterheart, released October 22, 2021
Benjamin Daniel - vocals, piano
Asher Peterson - programming, electric guitar

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