Down On My Knees

I was in a hotel room

I was so far away from home

It seemed like the walls were closing in on me

My soul felt like it'd turned to stone

There were two books upon the night stand

I didn't know which one to read

And I wasn't sure what I might find in them

Or if it would be anything I need

But I sat there in that small room

And as the night became the day

I read about Buddha and I read about Christ

And the words that they did say

And I saw myself before me

Like a ship lost at sea

And I guess I was content to just let it pass

When I heard your voice in me

Down on my knees

I went walking into a strange city

In the darkest hours of the night

I went looking for a sign from you

I was hoping to see the light

When a man came from the shadows

And he asked me if I'd heard

The good news about Jesus Christ

And how he was the word

Then he asked me to say a prayer with him

So that Christ I would receive

I told him I had further to walk

Before I could believe

He said he saw me standing before him

Like a ship lost at sea

And I saw myself reflected in his eyes

When I felt your breath on me

Down on my knees

I was sitting by the ocean

I was up against a dune

I was listening to the tide come in

I was looking up at the moon

And I never felt as alone in my life

As I did just sitting there

My whole life flashed before me

And the pictures they seemed so bare

And I was overcome with desperation

And a hunger I couldn't feed

Time stood still and was seething

And I could feel my existence bleed

And I saw myself before me

Like a ship lost at sea

And I was looking for a beacon

When I felt your light touch me

Down on my knees