Lauren Daigle Album Lyrics by Lauren Daigle

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Thank God I Do

I've seen love come and I've seen love walk away
So many questions, will anybody stay?
It's been a hard year, so many nights in tears
All of the darkness, tryin' to fight my fears

Alone
So long alone

I don't know who I'd be if I didn't know You
I'd probably fall off the edge
I don't know where I'd go if You ever let go
So keep me held in Your hands

I've started breathing, the weight is lifted here
With you it's easy, my head is finally clear
There's nothin' missing when You are by my side
I took the long road, but now I realize

I'm home
With You, I'm home

I don't know who I'd be if I didn't know You
I'd probably fall off the edge
I don't know where I'd go if You ever let go
So keep me held in Your hands
I don't know who I'd be if I didn't know You
I'd probably fall off the edge
I don't know where I'd go if You ever let go
So keep me held in Your hands

You're my safe place, my hideaway
You're my anchor, my saving grace
You're my constant, my steadiness
You're my shelter, my oxygen

I don't know who I'd be if I didn't know You
Thank God I do

I don't know who I'd be if I didn't know You
I'd probably fall off the edge
I don't know where I'd go if You ever let go
So keep me held in Your hands
I don't know who I'd be if I didn't know You
Thank God I do

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Saint Ferdinand

They said I wouldn't last long, but here I am
They said the spirits are strong, but I got 'em to bend
Oh, life gave me lessons that I still question, oh
They said I wouldn't last long, but here I am

Oh, Saint Ferdinand, my wonderland
Wild and strange, where vagabonds play
Saint Ferdinand, not what I planned
For my fate but I'm gonna stay
These streets may not look pretty
But I see angels walkin' in the city
Saint Ferdinand, my dear friend
Times may change, you can't keep me away
Oh, no no

They say what doesn't kill you will make you strong
But I know there's a purpose in the struggle when it all goes wrong
Oh, 'cause as he smiles under streetlights instead of chaos in the night, oh
They say what doesn't kill you will make you strong

Oh, Saint Ferdinand, my wonderland
Wild and strange, where vagabonds play
Saint Ferdinand, not what I planned
For my fate but I'm gonna stay
These streets may not look pretty
But I see angels walkin' in the city
Saint Ferdinand, my dear friend
Times may change, you can't keep me away
Oh, no no, you can't keep me away, yeah

Maybe I (maybe I) loved you (loved you) more than you loved me
Maybe lies (maybe lies) got a way (got a way) of bringin' you to your knees

Saint Ferdinand, my wonderland
Wild and strange, where vagabonds play
Saint Ferdinand, not what I planned
For my fate but I'm gonna stay
These streets may not look pretty
But I see angels walkin' in the city
Saint Ferdinand, my dear friend
Times may change, oh

Saint Ferdinand, my dear friend
Times may change, you can't keep me away
Oh, no no, you can't keep me away, yeah

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New

You say you used to hang around
Diablo's every night (Every night)
Tryin' to fit with the crowd
Makin' bets and pickin' fights

But that was your story before me
Why don't we give all the glory
To the one that you are now?

'Cause old habits die
When you wanna live
I don't see the old you
I just see the new
God put you in my life
For such a time as this
I don't see the old you
I just see the new

So I heard you used to go down on South Street
Makin' ends and your money meet
Worried about what you're gonna eat
Yeah-eah-eah

Let's talk about how you skipped over your grave
Two hands, one prayer, and everything changed
And I know the truth, and you know it too

Old habits die
When you wanna live
I don't see the old you
I just see the new
God put you in my life
For such a time as this
I don't see the old you
I just see the new (Oh)

All the wrongs you wanna right
All the dark you wanna light, yeah
(That's what you need, I see you, oh)
All the wrongs you wanna right
All the dark you wanna light, yeah
(Yeah, I feel you, yeah, yeah-eah)

But that was your story before me
Why don't we give all the glory
To the one that you are now?

'Cause old habits die
When you wanna live
I don't see the old you (I don't even see it)
I just see the new
God put you in my life
For such a time as this (Such a time as this)
I don't see the old you
I just see the new (I just see the new, yeah)


All the wrongs you wanna right
All the dark you wanna light, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
All the wrongs you wanna right
All the dark you wanna light, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

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Waiting

The right one's gonna come along someday
You're probably just getting in your own way
These are the things people try to say
When they don't want you to wait

When you wait, you're always countin'
Self-assured but somehow doubtin'
Wonderin' what you got yourself into
Toss and turn, anticipatin'
All the while, your heart is achin'
Knowin' that the day is comin' soon
That's what it feels like waitin' for you
That's what it feels like waitin' for you

I'm givin' up all the cares that I could give
I'm throwin' caution to the wind
Just to find out if I let it go with love every time

When you wait, you're always countin'
Self-assured but somehow doubtin'
Wonderin' what you got yourself into
Toss and turn, anticipatin'
All the while, your heart is achin'
Knowin' that the day is comin' soon
That's what it feels like waitin' for you
That's what it feels like waitin' for you

Waitin' on all the love like the sky waits for the sun
I'm the one who'll be waitin' for you (oh, I'm here, I'm)
Waitin' on all the love like the sky waits for the sun
I'm the one who'll be waitin' for you (oh)
Waitin' on all the love like the sky waits for the sun (oh, waitin' on, I'm waitin' on you)
I'm the one who'll be waitin' for you (I'm waitin' on)
Waitin' on all the love like the sky waits for the sun (I'm waitin' on)
I'm the one who'll be waitin' for you (oh, I'm here, I'm ready)
Waitin' on all the love like the sky waits for the sun (waitin' on, oh, waitin' on)
I'm the one who'll be waitin' for you (oh, this is my love, this is my love)
Waitin' on all the love like the sky waits for the sun (waitin' for you)
I'm the one who'll be waitin' for you

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To Know Me

To know why I cry every time I see a sunset
To know why I smile at all the things I can't forget
To know why my heart may take a while to mend
To know me, you would have to know my friend

I can't help but dream when I hear a train comin'
I can't help but laugh when I lose my keys again
If you had to count my quirks, there'd be a dozen
To know me, you would have to know my friend

If you've ever seen fireworks lightin' up the sky
Then you know how quickly time goes in the blink of an eye
Oh, and there's a hidden treasure you'll take away with you
If you've ever loved someone and they had to leave too soon

To know what I'd trade for one more day to have 'em
To know what it takes to live my life without them
I could tell you all the details of who I am
But then again, to know me, you would have to know my friend

If you've ever heard a bird sing in the middle of the night
Then you know that Heaven's waiting to take you by surprise
Oh, and the more you love somebody, the more you have to lose
But when they leave this world, they leave their fingerprints on you

To know why I keep on pushin' past the limit
To know why I live every day like it's the end
To know why I'm grateful every single minute
To know me, you would have to know my friend
To know me, you would have to know my friend

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Kaleidoscope Jesus

You go out of Your way
To make me feel like I'm the one You love
You take on a different shape
Every time I see You in someone
It's in the heart of the neighbor on the corner
In the spirit of a little girl's eye
In the hello from a stranger at the grocer
In the people passin' by

There's a joy I feel when You reveal, oh
How colorful the many ways You meet us
Can't believe the places that we see ya
All Your revelations are so genius
Kaleidoscope Jesus, kaleidoscope Jesus

Just when I think I know You well
You show me that You are unpredictable
A thousand stories I could tell
Of how Your love is not so typical
You're with the sinners hangin' out on the fringes (fringes)
Instead of stayin' safe inside
You're not afraid to be stayin' in the trenches (trenches)
To save a lonely life

There's a joy I feel when You reveal, oh
How colorful the many ways You meet us
Can't believe the places that we see ya
All Your revelations are so genius
Kaleidoscope Jesus, kaleidoscope Jesus

Mercies always new with the mornin' light
Nothin' You won't do to show that You are kind
Birds begin to sing and flowers start to bloom
For all the world to see, see love from You

How colorful the many ways You meet us
Can't believe the places that we see ya
All Your revelations are so genius
Kaleidoscope Jesus, kaleidoscope Jesus

How colorful the many ways You meet us
Can't believe the places that we see ya
All Your revelations are so genius
Kaleidoscope Jesus, kaleidoscope Jesus

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Valuable

I watch you from afar and think, "What a work of art"
Like the depths of the Grand Canyon or a canopy of stars
And if I had to place a bet
I'd bet there's a little voice inside your head, lyin'

Dust all your precious things, display them on a shelf
Walk right past the mirror and don't recognize yourself
You're the hands to the needy and a coat for the cold
What I see when I see you is a heart made of gold

If you feel like you are not valuable
Let me tell you, there's more
If your heart is runnin' in circles
Tellin' your head things that are not true
What would God say to you, you?
Oh, every tear, He catches with His hand
And He knows the way your heart breaks within
You're valuable

Is there a story you've been told that put a stain on your soul?
Was it handed down your family line, a memory you try to hide?
Is there something in the distance that won't allow you to reconcile?
Oh, just remember

If you feel like you are not valuable
Let me tell you, there's more
If your heart is runnin' in circles
Tellin' your head things that are not true
What would God say to you, you?
Oh, every tear, He catches with His hand
And He knows the way your heart breaks within
You're valuable

If you feel like you are not valuable
Let me tell you, there's more
If your heart is runnin' in circles
Tellin' your head things that are not true
What would God say to you, you?
Oh, every tear, He catches with His hand
And He knows the way your heart breaks within
You're valuable

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Don't Believe Them

There are two sides to every story
The truth leaves where it don't belong
It's a tricky line that we're walkin'
When we got so many people talkin'
And nobody thinks that they're wrong

How're you gonna love someone if you don't forgive them?
How're you gonna hear what they say if you'll never listen?
How're you gonna stand up when the world wants you kneelin'?
How're you gonna live out the words you're preachin'
If you don't believe them?

This flood isn't made up of water
But somehow we all drown anyway
We make the ugly look so pretty and the innocent so guilty
In all of these games that we play

How're you gonna love someone if you don't forgive them?
How're you gonna hear what they say if you'll never listen?
How're you gonna stand up when the world wants you kneelin'?
How're you gonna live out the words you're preachin'
If you don't believe them?

Oh, how you gonna live them? Yeah
If you don't believe them?

How're you gonna love someone if you don't forgive them?
How're you gonna hear what they say if you'll never listen?
How're you gonna stand up when the world wants you kneelin'?
How're you gonna live out the words you're preachin'
If you don't believe them?

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Ego

Stuck inside the game, all just tryna find a place
For the stories we share are picture-perfect in every frame
We all wanna be known, but we're afraid to be fully seen
Feel like we're the only ones coverin' up insecurity

Have we lost who we are to the pressure? Oh, no
Tradin' souls for the sake of the pleasure, ooh

I'm done wrestlin' with my ego
Lord knows it all feels so hollow
If you wanna go high, then you gotta bow low
If you wanna go deep, gotta rise above the shallow
I'm done wrestlin' with my ego, ego, ego, ego
Ego, ego, ego, ego

Never did me any good, only ever built a wall
It stood as high as it could and all the while, I felt so small
Felt unworthy to be loved, wondered if I'd ever measure up
But is this the cost of Christ? Feelin' the truth, the fruit I once was?

Have we lost who we are to the pressure? Oh
Give in, bow to a throne for acceptance, ooh


I'm done wrestlin' with my ego
Lord knows it all feels so hollow
If you wanna go high, then you gotta bow low
If you wanna go deep, gotta rise above the shallow
I'm done wrestlin' with my ego, ego, ego, ego
Ego, ego, ego, ego
Ego, ego, ego, ego
Ego, ego, ego, ego

Can we change what we've become?
Can we save our society?
If there's a way, if there's a door
It's humility

I'm done wrestlin' with my ego
Lord knows it all feels so hollow
If you wanna go high, then you gotta bow low
If you wanna go deep, gotta rise above the shallow
I'm done wrestlin' with my ego, ego, ego, ego
Ego, ego, ego, ego
Ego, ego, ego, ego
Ego, ego, ego, ego

(Ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego)
(Ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego)
Ego (Ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego)
Ego (Ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego)
Ego (Ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego)
Ego (Ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego, ego)

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These Are the Days

People out there, people out there
Let go of your cares
Turn your cries into loud hallelujahs
This is what we came for, oh

Leave all your worries behind
We know the future's burning bright
This is the great jubilation
This is what He came for, what He came for

Oh, these are the days, these are the days
These are the days we've been dreamin' of
So don't look away 'cause these are the days
These are the days, better get 'em while they come

We thought we'd never see the sun through the dark skies (through the dark skies)
But all the signs are sayin' it's lookin' up
These are the days, these are the days
These are the days, we've been dreamin' of, oh

Open your eyes, open your ears
I'm tellin' you why
You'll see Heaven inhabit our praises
This is what we came for, oh

Singing a song of paradise
Believing the good news is alive
This is the great jubilation
This is what we came for, what He came for

Oh, these are the days, these are the days
These are the days we've been dreamin' of
So don't look away 'cause these are the days
These are the days, better get 'em while they come

We thought we'd never see the sun through the dark skies (through the dark skies)
But all the signs are sayin' it's lookin' up
These are the days, these are the days
These are the days, we've been dreamin' of, oh

If it's not good, then it's not over
If it's not good, then it's not over
If it's not good, then it's not over
If it's not good, then it's not over

These are the days, these are the days
These are the days we've been dreamin' of
So don't look away 'cause these are the days
These are the days, better get 'em while they come

We thought we'd never see the sun through the dark skies (through the dark skies)
But all the signs are sayin' it's lookin' up
These are the days, oh these are the days
These are the days, we've been dreamin' of, oh