HOW HE LOVES US

He is jealous for me,

Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,

Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.

When all of a sudden,

I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,

And I realise just how beautiful You are,

And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us so,

Oh how He loves us,

How He loves us all

Yeah, He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves.

Yeah, He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves.

We are His portion and He is our prize,

Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,

If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.

So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss,

And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,

I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,

When I think about, the way…

He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves us,

Oh how He loves.

Yeah, He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves.

Well, I thought about You the day Stephen died,

And You met me between my breaking.

I know that I still love You, God, despite the agony.

...They want to tell me You're cruel,

But if Stephen could sing, he'd say it's not true, cause...

Cause He loves us, Whoa! how He loves us.

Whoa! how He loves us. Whoa! how He loves.

Yeah, He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves us,

Whoa! how He loves us, Whoa! how He loves.

LYRICS BY JOHN MCMILLAN

lay it down

It is so frustrating to try so hard to help someone and for them to not listen. I'm sure my father can relate. When you've come from a bad place you don't want to watch anyone else walk in there. And you want everyone who is in the that bad place to come out. You wanna warn them. You want to counsel them. But they won't listen, just as you wouldn't. Just as I didn't. There's nothing you can do to change someone. They have to want to change. The one thing I have learned is that you can change yourself. And sometimes. That's what the situation needs.

he waits for her to understand

but she won't understand at all

she waits all night for him to call

but he won't call anymore

he waits to hear her say

forgive

but she just drops her pearl-black eyes

and prays to hear him say

i love you

but he tells no more lies

he waits for her to sympathize

but she won't sympathize at all

she waits all night to feel his kiss

but always wakes alone

he waits to hear her say

forget

but she just hangs her head in pain

and prays to hear him say

no more

i'll never leave again

how did we get this far apart?

we used to be so close together

how did we get this far apart?

i thought this love would last forever

he waits for her to understand

but she won't understand at all

she waits all night for him to call

but he won't call

he waits to hear her say

forgive

but she just drops her pearl-black eyes

and prays to hear him say

i love you

but he tells no more lies

how did we get this far apart?

we used to be so close together

how did we get this far apart?

i thought this love would last forever

Apart
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“A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country”

Apart ( LP Version ) - The Cure