Father

I don't know myself
better than you know me

I can't control my heart
they way that you have shown me

I am full of fears
even though you are with me

I fall to my knees
I hope you don't forget me

Open arms with a closed heart,
you always see right through me

You've known me from the very start
the path that you chose for me

I know who you are
you live inside of me

Yet, I still seek shortcuts
I know you are not proud of me

Every time I look up
I feel you looking down on me

I am not worthy of your love
but I feel it all around me

Glory to the Word in the world full of sin
I hope that you forgive me

I am nothing if not for him
I hope that I forgive me

In my heart through thick and thin

He tells me that he knows me
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