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by Phil Laeger

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Tie me to the mast in my moments of insanity You know what’s good for me, You know what’s good for me Help me to believe and to lean upon Your sovereignty Even when I cannot see, to trust the hand that rescued me Let Your Word sink deep in my heart More than any other voices tellin’ me who I am and what I’m here for You alone know what I need My Creator, Holy Spirit My Redeemer, Heavenly Father Still me in the wind and the waves of my uncertainty You are my hope and peace, help my unbelief Navigate a path in the wilderness of wandering And when the darkness falls, be the lamp unto my feet
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All these dreams, I believe, You have placed inside of me Even what’s good can be abused All this time, I believed You’d make something great of me Seems my focus shifted But now I want You to know all I want is for You to be lifted high Be lifted high Hide me behind Your cross, Lord I want You to be seen and lifted high Hide me now and let Your glory shine, shine brighter Hide me now and let Your glory shine So much praise of mine is so pretentious Take my quote unquote “good intentions” Take all I say that I believe Make it real, make it so unquestionable Make your mark on my life so un-second-guess-able Like those hands and feet Scarred by love for eternity Author of my faith Lord, Let Your glory increase And as Your story unfolds in me I know I am but one thought You have conceived Just one word in the pages of Your history
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I Surrender 06:36
When I think about what I was before Only cared about what there was in store for me Then You touched my life and opened my eyes And woke me up inside I was dead before You gave me a reason to live And now I joyfully give my life, So, use me — Use me! Jesus, I surrender my life to Your blood I surrender my name for Your glory I surrender my heart to Your will I surrender my dreams to the plans You have for me Thank You for showing me the emptiness of all I held onto I surrender it all, I surrender my everything for You All my hopes, all my dreams, all You want me to be I surrender it all to You You can have my mistakes, all my plans, so well laid I surrender it all to You All the days I cannot see, all that’s still ahead of me I surrender it all to You Take my stand on Your word, of Your love I am assured I surrender it all to You
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Whole Again 08:05
Everything within me That doesn’t belong: the sin and shame Would You take from me And make me whole again Only You can touch me, cleanse me, heal me (Lord) Only You can touch me, cleanse me, heal me (Lord) I want to know You, hear You, see You, be near You (Lord) Everything within me Lift up Your name in all the earth For You left Your throne and came to make my heart Your home You made me whole again You made me whole again
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My plans had been the furthest from Your will You’ve drawn me to Your side and closer still This childish heart is full of my own dreams The time has come to put off earthly things We see a dim reflection in the glass But one day face to face with You at last The knowledge that for now is incomplete Will then be known as I am known by Thee Your song that I sing, Your grace flowing free Your love over me And teach me how to edify Your bride And make us all one body unified Saturate Your Spirit in our hearts And help us in all things to stand apart But if we lose our light along the way Help us look up to the Author of our faith For by our futile efforts we will fall But by the Savior’s strength we conquer all If every one of us would lay down the dreams that don’t mean a thing And fall in love with You, fall in love with You again See through eternal eyes that nothing on earth compares to You, Lord And fall in love with You again And do we realize just how much You love the world that You made? You gave everything, You gave everything And are we listening? There echoes a song straight from the Father— Can we hear Him sing?
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All the time that I have wasted, all for selfish gain Every time You held Your hand out to me and I walked away All the times that I have doubted ... You’d be good to me How could I have missed: You’ve provided for every one of my needs And I’ve waited for way too long to be able to sing You this song Jesus, have Your way And it seems like forever ago that my heart felt free in Your home So I’m running to You today, I’m running to You to say Oh, Jesus... have Your way All the years that I have spent here, all the work I’ve done I have tried so hard to make You proud, to be a faithful son Still I know there’s something missing — where’s the laughter gone? Where’s the joy I knew as a child, when You loved me and that was enough? I started back to You, each footstep filled with dread I prepared myself for judgment, but I found I had a Father instead And it seems like forever ago that my heart felt free in Your home So I’m running to You today, I’m running to You today And I cannot believe what I see: it’s my Father and He’s running for me So I’m running to You today, I’m running to You to say Oh, Jesus... have Your way
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I will not fear, though the darkened clouds may gather round me I trust the One who whispers, “Peace” Although the winds and waves would threaten to confound me He walked upon the ancient seas He still can calm the storm in me I’m in His hands, I’m in His hands Whatever the future holds, I’m in His hands The days I cannot see have all been planned for me His way is best… You see… I’m in His hands I cannot see in the night that lies before me But I hold the Hand that made the stars My faith is firm in the One Who watches over me His steadfast love will be my guard He will forever hold my heart In days gone by, You have always been my portion When I have yielded to Your love So here I stand, alive in You, and available for You to use me Take all my life For Your glory, Jesus Christ I’m in Your hands, I’m in Your hands Whatever the future holds, I’m in Your hands The days I cannot see have all been planned for me Your way is best… I know… I’m in Your hands
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They say in heaven we’ll be praisin’ Every moment of each hour of each day Sometimes I struggle just to crawl out of bed Make it to my knees and pray So I know I’ve got a ways to go now Lord, You’ve got Your work cut out for You But if You put Your hand upon this instrument I’m sure that You could make it sound in tune Mmmm... And I’d play for You So make my life the sweetest song that You have ever heard Move my body to Your love and make my lips Your word And with one beat/step, then two, each moment with You Will be sweet hallelujah I’m not afraid of being broken I’m afraid of being altogether fake So if there’s still a work of humbling to do Then my heart is in Your hands to bend and break And if at times I feel abandoned Well, at least I know I’m in good company And if my weary voice can reach a heart above the noise To hear how good You are, then help me sing Help me sing... And I’ll sing for You

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released February 28, 2013

Produced by Adam Miller & Phil Laeger
Engineered by Adam Miller & Tim Adamson
Tracked at The Grove Studios, Somersby, NSW
Mixing and additional tracking by Adam Miller at The Park Studios, Newcastle, NSW
Tracking for Damien Horne by Jeff Cain, Nashville, TN
Strings recorded by Marshall Cullen at Damien Gerard Studios, Sydney, NSW
Mastered by Dave McNair at Dave McNair Mastering Studio, Montclair, NJ

All songs © 2013 Weathered Music (ASCAP)
All songs written and arranged by Phil Laeger except
"Your Love Over Me", written by Jason Pope and Phil Laeger
"I'm In His Hands", written by Stanley Ditmer and Phil Laeger

Piano, organ, rhodes, acoustic, vocals: Phil Laeger
Guitars, bass, ukulele, additional bgvs: Adam Miller
Drums and percussion: Nic Cecire
Guest vocal on "Your Love Over Me" by Damien Horne
Guest vocal on "Have Your Way (Tale of Two Prodigals)" by Joel O'Dea
Additional background vocals on "Sweet Hallelujah" by Holly Clayton
Banjo on "Sweet Hallelujah": Jason Hoard (www.jasonhoard.com)

Gospel choir: VASA Gospel (www.vasagospel.com), conducted by Tina Holmlund, recorded by Tomas Andersson / Sopranos: Maria Olausson, Theres Frisk, Malin Jeppsson, Charlotte Edwinsdotter, Maja Andersson, Rebecka Grahn, Annika Bergmark, Miriam Lind, Ann-Louise Wistrand, Tove Wahlström, Petra Abrahamsson / Altos: Agnes Börsbo, Fasica Watchefo, Lisa Eriksson, Anna-Carin Hultqvist, Martina Cederqvist, Carla Sánchez, Lisa Groop / Tenors: David Kjellgren, Michael Kalo, Jakob Hjalmarson, Per-Martin Palm, Jacob Alm

String ensemble: The Sydney Lyric Orchestra , led by Adrian Keating / Violin 1: Euan Foster, Ian Cooper, Julia Broom / Violin 2: Jen Taylor, Dan Russel, Claire Connoly / Violas: Marianne Yeoman, Ella Brich, Georgia Price / Cellos: Benoit Fleurey, Nikky Dobossi)

Original album artwork by Lauren Chapman
Photography by Phil Laeger
Layout and design by Adam Hall (www.atomcreative.net)

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