Give And Take

If you had to take away my voice, and I could no longer sing
If I no longer had the words to say anything
And if you had to take away all music from my ears
And I could no longer hear the sounds of the earth

If this is what you had to do
So that I could be close to you
I would praise you for the silence
I'd give everything up
For I want nothing to stand between our love

And if you had to take away my sight
And I no longer could see the beauty of the sunrise,
Nor the eyes of a child, nor the brightness of the night,
Nor the color of the sky in the morning light…

If this is what you had to do
So that I could be close to you
I would praise you for the darkness
I'd give everything up
For I want nothing to stand between our love

And if you had to take away my name
And I no longer knew who I was
Or how I had changed
If you took away my breath, or the beating of my heart
If you took away my destiny
If you took my world apart…

If this is what you had to do
So that I could be close to you
I would praise you for the brokenness
I'd give everything up
For I want nothing to stand between our love

But you, Jesus, you take me as I am
I have nothing to give
Yet you kiss my empty hands
You took it all upon yourself
Taking nothing from me
You gave up your life
That's what it took to set me free…

And this is what you chose to do
So that I could be close to you
And I praise you for your love
You gave everything up
So that nothing could stand
Oh, nothing
Not even death can stand between our love