It’s not often that I have an “instant song”. What I mean by that is usually it takes me 3-6 months to write a song start to finish. I’m very picky about lyrics and progressions…not that they’re always great, but I’m just particular and rarely satisfied. Well, as I explain in the video, this song was the outflow of thoughts in my head after experiencing some great things with my house church and some hard things with some close friends at Apex. This song just came bursting out…and it was finished in about 2 hrs. Since it came out of my recent experiences with the Apex family, I thought I’d share it here. I hope it’s an encouragement.
The lyrics are posted below.
You’ve Stayed (All Along)
Verse 1:
We have seen, You’ve walked before us
On journeys long, You were there with us
You’ve seen us through things so much bigger than us
Verse 2:
You’ve carried our weight and held all our tears
Yeah You felt our pain and cast out our fears
You whispered close “My child I am holding your hand.”
Pre-chorus:
And we can’t say enough
For what You have done for us
Chorus:
And we say
That You’ve stayed
All along
You never went (turned) away
Verse 3:
Yesterday, today, and forever
You will remain faithful and sure
You do not fail, You are the God who prevails
written by Phil Wing
(C) 2009 philwing music