I HAVE MY COMPASS AND MY GUIDE
AND THESE COMPANIONS AT MY SIDE
AND I’VE DECIDED I AM READY TO BEGIN.
SOMETHING OLD WAS DROWNED FOREVER
WHEN I CROSSED THE CLEANSING RIVER
BUT I ROSE UP TO FIND SOMETHING BORN AGAIN.
AND YOUR PATH STRETCHES INTO MY FUTURE
BUT IT SEEMS SUCH A LONG WAY TO GO.
CHORUS:
SO UPWARD AND ONWARD YOU’RE CALLING ME.
I WANT TO GO WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU LEAD,
HIGHER AND HIGHER TO FACE THE UNKNOWN
AND FOLLOW YOUR CALL UNTIL YOU CALL ME HOME.
THIS MOUNTAIN PATH IS GETTING STEEPER
AND THE VALLEY’S LOOKING DEEPER
AND I’M WEAKER, BUT I’M CLOSER TO MY HOPE.
I KNOW FOR EVERY CLIFF I CLIMB
THAT I MAY FALL A HUNDRED TIMES
UNTIL THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO HOLD ME BUT THIS ROPE.
SO MY FAITH REACHES INTO YOUR GOODNESS
WHERE YOU PROMISE YOU’LL NEVER LET GO.
CHORUS
BRIDGE: AND FROM THESE DIZZY HEIGHTS
I HAVE THE CLEAREST VIEW
THAT I WILL NOT BE HOME
TIL I AM HOME WITH YOU.
AND I WOULD GO RIGHT NOW,
BUT YOU SAY IT’S NOT TIME.
THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE,
MANY HEARTS TO BE WON,
MANY MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB.
THERE IS A JOY ALONG THE WAY.
AND I GET STRONGER EVERYDAY.
AND THE CROWD THAT’S CLIMBING WITH ME SURE HAS GROWN.
EVERY CHALLENGE I ENDURE
JUST FEEDS A PASSION THAT IS PURE,
FOR I AM HERE TO FOLLOW YOU AND YOU ALONE.
AND MY PATH STRETCHES INTO THE HEAVENS.
AND YOU WALK BY MY SIDE AS WE GO.
CHORUS
Written by Jim Weber.
(c) Copyright 1999 Desperate Heart Music Co. (ASCAP). All rights reserved.