BE CLOSE - Matthew West

BE CLOSEMatthew West

I CAN'T UNSEE WHAT I'VE JUST SEENI CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF ONE MORE SENSELESS TRAGEDYANOTHER LIGHT PUT OUT BY DARKTHIS WICKED WORLD JUST MAKES ME WONDER WHERE YOU ARE

JESUS, BE CLOSE TO THE BROKEN-HEARTEDSAVE THOSE WHO ARE CRUSHED IN SPIRITWE KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN OUR ONLY HOPEBE NEAR WHEN OUR MINDS ARE FLOODED WITH FEARBE THE HAND THAT'S WIPIN' OUR TEARSAND THE VOICЕ THAT WHISPERSWEARY SOUL, BE STILL AND KNOWI'LL ALWAYS BЕ CLOSE

WHERE THERE IS HATELET THERE BE PEACEWHEN I DON'T SEE A CHANGELET CHANGE BEGIN WITH MEAND WHERE THERE IS EVILBE NOT DISMAYEDGIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO STARE THAT EVIL IN THE FACE AND SAY

JESUS, BE CLOSE TO THE BROKEN-HEARTEDSAVE THOSE WHO ARE CRUSHED IN SPIRITWE KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN OUR ONLY HOPEBE NEAR WHEN OUR MINDS ARE FLOODED WITH FEARBE THE HAND THAT'S WIPIN' OUR TEARSAND THE VOICE THAT WHISPERSWEARY SOUL, BE STILL AND KNOWI'LL ALWAYS BE CLOSE

IN OUR HURTIN', BE CLOSEIN OUR GRIEVIN', BE CLOSEIN OUR CRYIN', BE CLOSEWE NEED YOU, LORD, WE NEED YOUIN OUR FAMILIES, BE CLOSEIN OUR COUNTRY, BE CLOSEIN THIS LOST WORLD, BE CLOSEWE NEED YOU

OH JESUS, BE CLOSE TO THE BROKEN-HEARTEDSAVE THOSE WHO ARE CRUSHED IN SPIRITWE KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN OUR ONLY HOPEBE NEAR WHEN OUR MINDS ARE FLOODED WITH FEARBE THE HAND THAT'S WIPIN' OUR TEARSAND THE VOICE THAT WHISPERSWEARY SOUL, BE STILL AND KNOWI'LL ALWAYS BE CLOSE

BE CLOSE