Oh God, protect me from myself    My fearful, weary soul    It wants to hold on    When all I want is to let go       Oh God, protect me from myself    My hard and wandering heart    It speeds toward the wrong    When all I want to do is start    Not to do that anymore    I don’t want to do that anymore       Change my heart, oh God    From the sinful state it’s in    To the state you want it in    I want to please you    Change my heart, oh God       How do I escape from sin    My old self loves to do it    What a terrible predicament    I find myself in    I find myself in sin    I want out of this sin I’m in       To please Him is to know Him    To know Him is to see    That obedience to law is not    What keeps us whole and free    The thing that keeps us free    Is not a thing indeed    It's the body of a saviour   Jesus Christ the king       I am realizing that the answer lies inside    If in fact I have accepted Jesus in my life    It all comes down, to choices    And the issue of control    Have I chosen God    Or would I rather be the one    Controlling the destiny of the mind, change   Do I do what I do or don't do what I want to do   Do I do what I do or don't do what I want to do