Set Me Free
Copyright 2000 by Jon Gill

I think I'm in love
But with what I can't decide
There's a pit in my stomach
And an aching deep inside
I've been told that it's okay
To say that this is love
But somehow I know
This is not of things above

Underneath the surface
Lies a big question mark
But further under that
Is something much more dark
Is it love that I am in?
I thought it was more light
What makes this happy day
Into the blackest night?

I've fallen far, I've fallen fast
What once was love just could not last
I've broken words, I've betrayed trust
I turned my love into a lust

I look at all I'm clinging to
What am I but a singing fool?
To what have I cleft my soul
It's something that has a goal
To rip my heart out from my chest
To steal my life he'll do his best

All that I had once held dear
I've lost it in the darkness here
Retracing steps I start to trip
And realize who has me in his grip
Evil reeks from his hateful glare
And from his nostrils fires flare
What will kill the dragon for me
And to my cell who holds the key?

I need You, Jesus Christ, my Lord!
I need your Great two-edged sword!
Kill the dragon, save my soul
heal my heart and mend the hole
Come and fill me from above
Show to me your unmatched love
Hold me safe within your arms
Where all is Peace and none is harm
I cry to you, Savior, my all
To save me from my abysmal fall

What can I do here on this earth
But give you honor, glory, and worth
I know I've failed, but I know You won't
I'd hate myself, except You don't
My misery loves Your company
Your company banished my misery!

I praise you among the tears
Praise you for a thousand years
Grace has proven me a coward
Sorrow now is overpowered
Thanks to You I can go on
When my life is all but gone
My life in you can be made
Newer with every passing day!

In love with lust once was I
In love with the images of my eyes
In love with love, consumed by sin
Now in Love with you, please enter in
For you shall make the healing great
Erase the pain, erase the hate
Begin the new life deep in me
And most of all, please set me free.


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