By Your Side

Lyrics by Tenth Avenue North

Why are you striving these days?
Why are you trying to earn grace?
Why are you crying?
Let me lift up your face-
Just don't turn away

Why are you looking for love?
Why are you still searching as if I'm not enough?
To where will you go, child, tell Me where will you run-
To where will you run?

Cause I'll be by your side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
Please don't fight these hands that are holding you,
My hands are holding you.

Look at these hands and My side
I swallowed the grave on that night
When I drank the world's sin
So I could carry you in
And give you life
I wanna give you life
...

Cause I, I love you
I want you to know
That I, I love you, I'll never let you go, no no
...

Here at my side, my hands are holding you