Like a king who hides in shadows while a thief usurps his throne  You stumbled down through all your days without direction.  While the soldiers and the servants who should be at your command  Are all abandoned to surrender and defection.    As the kingdom groans beneath the load,  Your feet go running down the road  In panic you've forgotten all I've told you.  If you'll just call you'd see Me there  At the very instant of your prayer  But you've bought a bill of goods the liar's sold you.    CHORUS    I have chosen you  There's no need to run away.  I have chosen you  Why do you doubt the words I say.  Through it all I've been right by your side.  Ask me and you will not be denied.    Like a slave who wears the collar of a hard and cruel man  And is convinced that he deserves the treetment given.  Tortured to believing nothing's ever going to change  Till you've forgotten there was ever more to living.    But as you struggle with your load  The messengers come down the road  And the slaver flees in fear as he beholds them.  They break your chains and set you free  To stand amazed in liberty  And at last they give the word that God has told them.    CHORUS    I have chosen you  And I will not turn you down,  I have chosen you  You were born to wear a crown.  I'll give you what you need to carry on  Till all that stands opposed to you is gone.    I have chosen you  And I will not turn you down,  I have chosen you  You were born to wear a crown.  Through it all I've been right by your side.  Ask me now, you will not be denied.    Ask me now, you will not be denied.  Ask me now, you will not be denied.