Verse one:
The threads of my life are frayed and unraveling
Trying to do right but ain’t getting nowhere
Don’t know the answers to questions surrounding me
Don’t understand why this world isn’t fair
Verse two
Righteous folks crying but wicked ones rising
What’s that I heard about the good dying young
Can’t read your red letters through the fog suffocating me
Can’t get the words of a prayer past my tongue
Prechorus
But why should my soul be cast down?
Why should my heart be spinning around?
My hope is yet in you, Lord…
Chorus
Still I will praise you, still I will praise you
Though I’m too weak to stand, I will rest in the hand of your love
Still I will praise you, still I will praise you
When my grief overflows, I will hope in the throne of my king
Still I will praise you
Verse Three
Weary and worn out from wars with conditions
Some days it’s hard just to stay on my feet
These are the times when you seem so far away
These are the times when I’m brought to my knees
Prechorus
But why should my soul be cast down?
Why should my heart be spinning around?
My hope is yet in you, Lord…
Chorus
Still I will praise you, still I will praise you
Though I’m too weak to stand, I will rest in the hand of your love
Still I will praise you, still I will praise you
When my grief overflows, I will hope in the throne of my king
Bridge
I will praise you whether life’s easy or hard
Even if an answer never appears
For my hope in you is not based in this world
But in the land where you’ll dry every tear
Chorus
Still I will praise you, still I will praise you
Though I’m too weak to stand, I will rest in the hand of your love
Still I will praise you, still I will praise you
When my grief overflows, I will hope in the throne of my king
Still I will praise you
credits
from Champion of My Life,
released July 10, 2015
Words and Music by Brian Beasley
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