Prodigal Lyrics

[VERSE ONE]
My child, come home.
I never once left you alone.
When did you first believe I'd withhold from you
anything?
I've given you my love, my name,
Shedding tears and blood to heal your shame.

Where are you? Why are you hiding?
Who told you you're not fit to stand beside me?
Oh, the songs I'll sing when you're undone,
And joy's made full in the salvation.

[CHORUS]
As time slips by,
I stand alone.
While you gain the world,
But lose your soul.
I long to say the words to make to turn from lesser
things.
I long to light your path to keep your feet from
stumbling.
My eyes on the horizon- Oh, if you could know...
How I wait to see your distant shape; my prodigal, come
home.

[VERSE TWO]
My child, return! You've not gone too far to forgive.
Why did you first yield your heart
To things that tear the soul apart?
I long to speak the words, "This one was dead, And is now alive again."

Where are you? Why are you hiding?
Who told you you're unfit for abiding with me?
Songs are sung from broken bones,
And truth has cleansed you white like snow.

[CHORUS]
As time slips by,
I stand alone.
While you gain the world,
But lose your soul.
I long to say the words to make to turn from lesser
things.
I long to light your path to keep your feet from
stumbling.
My eyes on the horizon- Oh, if you could know...
How I wait to see your distant shape; my prodigal, come
home.

[BRIDGE]
(2x)
You should know I'm waiting here, and I've always been,
And I've loved you when you've least expected.
You should know I'm waiting here, and I've always been,
Even when my love has been rejected.

(4x)
The rain falls on the righteous and the wicked.

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