Oh I’m waiting for the answer to the question in my soul   Lord why did you lead me here?   I take a look around and a desperate world surrounds me   I know I’m not of this place, but its here and in my face      All that I am wants to run   God I feel hopeless and undone      Lift me up above it all   I’m feeling broken and alone   Don’t let me turn to stone   Lift my heart above it all   I’ve lost my hope tonight   And I’m praying for the strength to carry on   Lord lift me above it all      Now I’m waiting for a glimpse of hope in an eye   But a flash of sunlight shows a faded gray   Cause these streets are hard and cold   And the alleys burn like coal with a stench of helplessness   And all the life that’s been misspent      And all that I am wants to run   God I feel helpless and undone      Lift me up above it all   I’m feeling broken and alone   Don’t let me turn to stone   Lift my heart above it all   I’ve lost my hope tonight   And I’m praying for the strength to carry on   Lord lift me above it all      Maybe I’m not supposed to fly   Maybe you want me here tonight      To lift them up above it all   When they’re broken and alone   Don’t let me turn to stone   Lift them up above it all   Cause they cannot stand alone   And they’re praying for the strength to carry on      Lift us up above it all   When we’re broken and alone   Don’t let us turn to stone   Lift us up above it all   Because we cannot stand alone   And we’re praying for the strength to carry on   Lord will you lift us up above it all