Wash Me Awake

Brian West

I walk through the wilderness, sink in the sand
There's nobody left now who knows where I am
I'm stumbling, stumbling, heavy my load
For a cool water's cup I'd give mountains of gold

I carefully open my backpack of sin
And tilt back my head to pour sea water in
I know this will kill me, but what can I do?
I go blind in the desert just looking for You

Chorus:
If the rain comes (I know it will fall)
It will fill me (for Your grace, after all)
Is the power to wash me awake, making old things new;
With the power to wash me awake, You make all things new

I get tired of the questions; the answers get old
Oh, I want to believe, but my heart's growing cold
The wise and the smug turn their backs on this faith
With a laugh and a shrug, they walk calmly away

(BRIDGE)
Under Your gaze
I slowly lay down my ways
To put on the yoke that You made...for me
Maybe this is what You mean by faith

I am covered with filth, way too dirty to be
In the presence of One so much higher than me
You act like you want to embrace my disease
But a God who would wash me is hard to believe

(CHORUS x2)
If the rain comes (I know it will fall)
It will cleanse me (for Your grace, after all)
Is the power to wash me awake, making old things new;
With the power to wash me awake, You make all things new