Name: Break My Legs
Duration: P00H05M20S
Description: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” ― Jim Elliot

Break My Legs

from The Discipline of Love by Wilson Howard

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“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” ― Jim Elliot

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Here am I, running away into the dark / I know you see me, but I'm gonna pretend like you're not here / And I'll lie to the quake in my knees and the ache in my heart / I'll whisper it's worth it / But in the back of my mind I'm gripped with fear

I hear the voices that you told me to ignore
But when I shut my ears and hum your hymns, they beckon even more

And they're drawing me in, so I need you to break my legs
I need you to carry me all the way home

Here am I, caught in the thorns and hurting like hell / I need to call out to you, but I'm gonna pretend like you can't hear / And I'll lie so close to the ground and wait for your help / But then I'd surrender the illusion of freedom I hold so dear

If I give that up you promised I'll have you
And I'd be no fool to give what I can't keep to gain what I can't lose

And yet they're drawing me in, so I need you to break my legs
I need you to carry me all the way home
And it scares me to death, but you're gonna have my heart
You're gonna have all of me, you're gonna call me your own

Would you comfort me in the discipline of love
And let your promises remind my hungry heart that you're enough

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from The Discipline of Love, released December 7, 2015

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