Song Description

Hope in brokeness

Lyrics

Arms Wide Open
William Douglass Copyright 2001

Dont want to wait for another time
I don't want to stay in this place
without the hope that I left behind
this legacy of my disgrace
cuz you are the hope of the wounded
you are their vindication
you are the satellite when
the storms of this world are comin in

I will hunger like a child
for the comfort of your love
cuz what I thirst for all the while
was a hand to lift me up

what disillusion disappointment
will overthrow your promise
even when I find I've fallen
you lift me higher than a mountain.
and when I had overdosed on
the lies of a world that wasted me
you turned sorrow to shining light
you broke chains and set me free

and I came humble like a child
and found a love I'd never known
and in my shame to my surpise
you welcomed me with open arms
you will take the wandering heart
and gently lead him by the hand
like a Father to a child
you wait with open

you make the humble into princes
you turn desserts to fertile land
but you will scatter the arrogant
till they bow before your hand
I have wandered in a wasted land
I have torn your hands away
and you let me carry on
till I found I could not stand