The One Thing I Know
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
And the clouds just parted
On a corner of my life
And I can see for miles
And the things I was stuck on
Things I thought would never change
They just broke open wide
This is the one thing I know
You said You won't let me go
You said You won't let me go
You've done a good work in me
And You won't quit till I'm free
And the veil just lifted
I can finally understand
The way You work in me
But even if I didn't
You are still a sovereign God
Who has a plan for me
This is the one thing I know
You said You won't let me go
You said You won't let me go
You've done a good work in me
And You won't quit till I'm free
It's good to know You work
With hurt and broken souls
That You'll take a soul like mine
And in all the world
Nothing's taken hold of me
Like Christ
This is the one thing
This is the only thing
You are the one thing
You are the only thing
This is the one thing I know
This is the one thing I know
You said You won't let me go
You said You won't let me go
You've done a good work in me
And now Your making me free
This is the one thing I know
You said You won't let me go
You said You won't let me go
You've done a good work in me
And You won't quit till I'm free
This is the one thing I know
This is the one thing
This is the one thing
Jeremiah
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
The burning of ambition and desire
It never could come close
To that fire, to that fire
I was looking to myself
And I forgot the power of God
I was standing with a sparkler in my hand
While I stood so proud and profound
You came and burned this whole place down
Now that's a fire
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
The burning of ambition and desire
It never could come close
To that fire, to that fire
And I was caught up in this vice
And its power to entice
I was dwelling on my hopelessness and doubt
With the slightest invitation
You came with total detonation
Now that's a fire
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
'Cause nothing could come close
To that fire, to that fire
Jeremiah
And I was warming my hands by this little light of mine
But now I know, I know it's time
To come in from the cold
Fight fire with fire and fan the flame
Come stir up these coals in my soul, in my soul
Till it burns out of control
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
That burns up in Your bones
I want to know, I want to know more now
Jeremiah, tell me about the fire
'Cause nothing could come close
To that fire, to that fire
Jeremiah
That's a fire
Jeremiah
It's a fire
And I was warming my hands by this little light of mine
But now I know, I know, I know it's time
To come in from the cold
Come in from the cold
Stir up in my bones, stir up in my bones
Stir up in my bones
Evil, will you stir up in my bones?
I was looking to myself, I was looking to myself
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
Compelled
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
What a relief it is to know
I’m a slave to Christ
Of all the masters I have known
I’m compelled to live this life
Free for you
I’m on the other side of something
I’m on the other side of something
I have a new hope that blows away
The small hopes I knew before
And at the end of the day I am yours
And I am compelled
You’ve written on my very heart
Where no man can legislate
The law of your love has taken hold
With your holiness and grace
There’s no mistake
I’m on the other side of something
I’m coming out the other side, the other side
I have a new hope that blows away
The small hopes I knew before
And at the end of the day I am yours
And I am compelled
I am drawn and driven, I am compelled
You have written it, I am compelled
You live in me
And I can’t help myself
Roll To The Middle
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
We just had a World War III here in our kitchen
We both thought the meanest things
And then we both said them
We shot at each other till we lost ammunition
This is how I know our love
This is when I feel it’s power
Here in the absence of it
This is my darkest hour
When both of us are hunkered down
And waiting for the truce
All the complicated wars
They end pretty simple
Here when the lights go down
We roll to the middle
No matter how my pride resists
No matter how this wall feels true
No matter how I can’t be sure
That you’re gonna roll in too
No matter what, no matter what
I’m going to reach for you
What I Thought I Wanted
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
Tuxedo in the closet, gold band in a box
Two days from the altar she went and called the whole thing off
What he thought he wanted, what he got instead
Leaves him broken and grateful
I passed understanding a long, long time ago
And the simple home of systems and answers we all know
What I thought I wanted, what I got instead
Leaves me broken and somehow peaceful
I keep wanting you to be fair
But that’s not what you said
I want certain answers to these prayers
But that’s not what you said
When I get to heaven I’m gonna go find Job
I want to ask a few hard questions, I want to know what he knows
About what it is he wanted and what he got instead
How to be broken and faithful
What I thought I wanted
What I thought I wanted
What I thought I wanted
What I thought I wanted
Staring in the water like Aesop's foolish dog
I can’t help but reflect on what it was I almost lost
What it was I wanted, what I got instead
Leaves me broken and grateful
I’m broken and grateful
I want to be broken and grateful
I want to be broken, peaceful, faithful, grateful, grateful
I want to be broken, peaceful, faithful, grateful, grateful
Esther
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
I have a picture of Esther and David
She is a young bride and he is a soldier
And they didn't know then that David was dying
They couldn't have children
Along with a lifetime, Africa called
She went for the first time, it grew in her heart
All of the children, so many children
Now Esther has 2.4 million children
She writes us and asks us to pray for them all
She's compelled, she's compelled by what she's seen
And she tells us, she tells us, "Do anything you can to help
Oh please help, there's so much to do
And I'm just Esther"
She visits her homeland, she fights with her words
She comes to the courts of the kings of the earth
Who don't understand their inherited power
To answer her question
Now Esther has 2.4 million children
She writes us and asks us to pray for them all
She's compelled, she's compelled by what she's seen
And she tells us, she tells us, "Do anything you can to help
Oh please help, there's so much to do
And I'm just Esther"
She writes us and asks us to pray
Now Esther has 2.4 million children
She writes us and asks us
She writes us and begs us
And she's compelled, she's compelled by what she's seen
And she tells us, she tells us, "Do anything you can to help
Oh please help, there's so much to do
And I'm just Esther"
The Boxer
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
When you said this was a fight
You weren't kidding
When you said this was a fight
You weren't kidding, kidding
'Cuz my ribs are bruised
And it's just round two
When you said this was a fight
You weren't kidding
When you said this was a fight
You were not kidding
'Cuz there's a cut on my eye
And it's just round five
And I used to be quick
I used to see it coming
I used to know how to move my feet
Now I can't duck
And I can't land nothin'
And I forgot how to bob and weave
Bob and weave
When you said this was a fight
You weren't kidding
When you said this was a fight
You weren't kidding, kidding, kidding
'Cuz this room's in a spin
And it's just round ten
If you care at all
Take that towel from your neck
'Cuz I've reached down deep
And there is nothing left
I've got nothing
I've got nothing
I've got nothing
And I was talkin' big
I was talkin'
But now, now what?
Greater is He who is in me
Greater is He who is in me
Okay, okay, okay
Greater is He who is in me
Greater is He who is in me
Greater, greater, okay
Bob and weave
And I can't just know it
I've got to feel it
And I can't just feel it
I've got to believe it
And I can't just believe it
I've got to live it
And I can't just live it
(You've got, you've got to believe it)
Bob and weave
Undone
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
Baby, can you help me get undone
The party is over and their hearts were won
There's a zipper in the back
But I can't reach it on my own
And I am dying to get out of this so
Baby, will you help me get undone
I don't even remember how I got this on
I started out pretending
Now I don't recognize myself
And I could use a little help
You have no pretenses
All your walls are fences
I can see right through
You have no two faces
You know where our place is
And that's why I need you
Oh baby
Baby, will you help me get undone
I truly believe you are the only one
Who will be the best reminder of
Where I am coming from
So if you'll help me now
I want to get undone
'Cause I started out pretending
Now I don't recognize myself
And I could use a little help
Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby
Will you help me get undone?
All I Need
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
Newly married, new apartment
All our furniture was saved from the dump
Yes dear, maybe we can afford a trashcan next month
All I need is my love for you and a seat for two
New baby, new life
We will teach him to speak French
We've got no money so we'll make it all ourselves
I'll make the curtains and you make the shelves
All I need is a power saw and a new sewing machine
Honey, this house needs a little something
That bare mantle doesn't look so good
Someone told me of a man
Who makes animals from driftwood
All I need is your monthly bonus for a wooden walrus
Honey, the Colbaughs are coming over
This house needs some renovations
Just a wall or two, just a little room
And a few new decorations
All I need is a sectional and a satellite TV
And dark-wood cabinets that were custom built for me
And a painting by that guy that paints with his feet
That's all I need
For now
Like A Skin
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
The butterfly can just look back
Flap those wings and say, oh, yeah
I never have to be a worm again
The snake gets tired of being him
He wriggles from that itchy skin
Leaves it lying where he's been and moves on
I've been longing for something tangible
Some kind of proof that there's been change in me
Feels like I have been waking up
Only to fight with the same old stuff
Change is slow and it fills me with such doubt
Come on, new man, where have you been?
Help me wriggle from this self I'm in
And leave it like a skin upon the ground
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
Come thou fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing your praise
Streams of mercy never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount I’m fixed upon it
The mount of thy redeeming blood
Oh to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be
Let your goodness like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to thee
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here’s my heart Lord,
Take and seal it
Seal it for thy courts above
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Prone to hear you and not heed it
Prone to scorn you in your love
Prone to wander
Prone to wander
Oh to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be
Let your goodness like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to thee
Jesus sought me while a stranger
Wandering from the heart of God
And He to rescue me from danger
Used his own precious blood