Don't you tell me how to feel  Every time your state your opinion  The obligation here is real  'Cause you know that I'd say anything for you  Well, if this is the kind of life you're happy to live then go on  But times are changing and I can see  I see now, I have to choose  It's turning me away from everything familiar  And casting me out on a sea I've never known  And all Your efforts to keep me safe  Just make me dependant  And out here when I need You most  You can't rebuke the wind that's tossing me  To reach this half-alive heart  He had to touch my eyes  To show me truth that's real to me  'Cause it speaks of all I've left behind  Coming alive is harder than anything I've tried  And fear, don't reach for me now  'Cause I'm so close, so close  Pretty stories of a Man who walked among the people  Healing anyone who could just believe in all He said He was  And the decision wasn't mine when it came  To what was right and wrong  But You would smile down on me  Whenever I could tell You what it was  But I can't deny the holy life of this Man  Whose death I deserve to die a thousand times  And realising what I need is always easier than changing  From what I've always been into who I need to be  To reach this half-alive heart  He had to touch my eyes  To show me truth that's real to me  'Cause it speaks of all I've left behind  Coming alive is harder than anything I've tried  And fear, don't reach for me now  'Cause I'm so close, so close