It's been so long, said it's been too long  Can't remember when I've felt so known  You're so warm; shelter me from the storm  And the fears that are just so cold  They're telling me things get messy when you care  Things are messy everywhere   And don't I know it, don't I show it  Every time I look away   'cause what can I do what can I say  To help myself  Or to help anybody else?  You meet me in my need  You bring new life to me  And you go beyond what I feel  Your life brought more than freedom  Your love brought time just what I needed   To see I needed You  One of these days it will be easier to mean what I say  If I remember each and every day  That this world is not my home and I never walk alone  And before time began my days were known by You  [instrumental]  You meet me in my need  You bring new life to me  And you go beyond what I feel  Your life brought more than freedom  Your love brought time just what I needed   To see I needed You  One of these days it will be easier to mean what I say  If I remember each and every day  That this world is not my home and I never walk alone  And before time began my days were known by You