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scream

(1999)

This song has always painted pictures for me. It's a bit abstract or "poetic" you could say, but sometimes that's what comes out. Scream is about the need to do that very thing, and yet the want to suppress it. I am not one who likes to let people see me struggle, but there has been some tough seasons when all I could do is cry to the Lord and reach out for some help from friends. And when you are shouting from the shadows of sin for a hand, its an amazing experience when God draws you out and says "I can hear you, I have always heard you"

If I gave You my sin would You cast it into the sea
If I admitted my guilt would You pull it off of me
If I asked honestly would You view an empty light
If I asked modestly would You wrap me up inside...bandage me

I don't want to scream
I don't want to be alone
God cover me, cover me
Cus I don't want to be on my own

If I re-created myself who in the world would I be
If I had material wealth would You buy it off of me
If I asked You to plead would You put up a good fight
If I asked You to see would You tear me up inside...shred me

I don't want to scream
I don't want to be alone
God cover me, cover me
Cus I don't want to be on my own

Dark colors I wear today
You asked me why but You know I couldn’t say
The sphere I have found is dark on my eyes
What I need now is a new blue sky over my head
Stars that glow in the dark over my bed

I don't want to scream
I don't want to be alone
God cover me, cover me
Cus I don't want to be on my own