The Road (feat. Hosanna Poetry)

[Joy]

I don't wanna leave, I don't wanna pack up

I don't wanna leave this place I know

I really like who I am

And I am really comfortable

I don't wanna leave, I don't wanna pack up

I don't wanna leave this place I know

I really like who I am

And I am really comfortable

[Hosanna]

I remember when I down-sized everything I owned

And fit my belongings into a suitcase

Did I wanna leave the place I was doing so well at?

I wanted to go back and live the life I had planned on

It wasn't too long before people would tell me that I was crazy, out of my mind

The opportunities I was leaving behind to do something so unknown

Even though I felt in my heart a strong, obvious calling

But then I would start to doubt me

Doubt if I was doing the right thing

When so many people were against me

They were right

I was not 100% sure what I was doing

But with all of me, I could vividly hear God saying

[Joy]

Come, come, come

Pick up your cross, follow Me

There is joy at the end of this

Come, come, come

Pick up your cross, follow Me

There is joy at the end of this

And I don't wanna leave, I don't wanna pack up

I don't wanna leave this place I know

I really like who I am

And I am really comfortable

I don't wanna leave, I don't wanna pack up

I don't wanna leave this place I know

I really like who I am

And I am really comfortable

[Hosanna]

I remember going alone, starting on the road

I didn't realize I was paving

No one had been there before me, and it was exhausting

Not sure if I even remember where I went

What would lie ahead, and crying every night that the money would come in

I was tested, left by friends and men I thought I would end up with

I was mocked, their talk hurt me so bad I felt drowned in rejection

No one was there to support me for my few successes

And my many failures seemed to be put on [?]

But at last I remembered that God had called me

Taken me from a life of sin and restored me

And He said He would use me, said He'd go before me

And though some days I felt like the weight of the world was unbearably heavy

I remembered clearly that He said

[Joy]

Come, come, come

Pick up your cross, follow Me

There is joy at the end of this

Come, come, come

Pick up your cross, follow Me

There is joy at the end of this

And I don't wanna leave, I don't wanna pack up

I don't wanna leave this place I know

I really like who I am

And I am really comfortable

I don't wanna leave, I don't wanna pack up

I don't wanna leave this place I know

I really like who I am

And I am really comfortable

[Hosanna]

And then I remembered Jesus so vividly

As I read His story, it was like He was speaking

I remember going alone, paving the road for salvation

It was crazy, the people I came to save and once loved Me

One da they turned on Me, they no longer believed Me

Thought it'd be easier to deny Me

But I picked up My cross and let them laugh on

I was on Earth for a purpose, and that was what I was focused on

Saving people with furious love from the pits of an unloving hell

Was more important than the crowd insisting to yell

I let them shout, I was going about My Father's business

I thought of the world being st free from sin and I knew it was worth it

Worth the rejection, worth the hatred injections into My side

And no, it wasn't easy, and yes, it killed Me

But even when I cried to God to take this burden from Me

I remembered, unquestionably, when He said

[Joy]

Come, come, come

Pick up your cross, follow Me

There is joy at the end of this

Come, come, come

Pick up your cross, follow Me

There is joy at the end of this

[Hosanna]

So Jesus, I look to You carrying Your cross

Your symbol of dying to Yourself

Your grave, Your sign of surrender

And because of You, I know I can carry it and carry on too

Failing in front of the world, is it that scary?

I remembered how little people used to think of You

And salvation is something worth it to me too

May the world see this cross, this white flag that I raise

That my will, my plans, my flesh has lost

And I choose this road, the narrow road that follows You

I want to die with You, rise with You, I wanna be like You

What You have called me to is worth fighting for

Is worth failing for

Nothing is more important than knowing and obeying You

I know this gospel truth deep in my bones

I have to stand for You even if I walk alone

I remember God said, too

I remember You endured far worse

And because of what You have done, I will pick up my cross and

[Joy]

Come, come, come

Pick up your cross, follow Me

There is joy at the end of this

Come, come, come

Pick up your cross, follow Me

There is joy at the end of this

[Joy]

Come, come, come

Pick up your cross, follow Me

There is joy at the end of this

Come, come, come

Pick up your cross, follow Me

There is joy at the end of this

What if I leave? What if I pack up?

What if I leave this place I know?

What if I give up who I was

And I am never comfortable?