With Chords

Break Me and Bless Me

Fall 2010

Verse 1:

    F         C      Dm or Gm(more spooky)

You speak and it’s unclear

    F       C             Dm

My heart is clenched with fear

     Gm               Bb       C      Dm    Am

That what You said is what You really mean.

  F      C      Dm

I cannot answer Yes, Lord,

       F         C           Dm

For my heart, it seeths with greif,

      Gm            Gm                Bb                   Am     C        

And I cannot make myself believe that You would speak this pain.

Chorus:

            F                     Dm(/A?)

Through the long night, don’t let go

           F                     Dm

Though the day breaks, don’t let go

Gm                          C

Fight with me, wrestle with me

Gm                   Dm/A         F

Never give in to me: break me and bless me.

Verse 2:

Your power is unmatched,

Your strength beyond compare,

And You will bring Your will to come to pass.

Still I fear You’ll let me win, Lord,

But I cannot acquiesce

O bitterest Friend, match blow for blow – don’t abandon me to my strength: Chorus

Bridge:

Dm               Fsus2       C

God of Jacob, my Portion, my Passion,

Dm                   F          C

Ladder of Jacob, who opened the heavens,

Gm     Dm       Bb       Am  Dm       C

Spirit who came down and who remains:

Dm                F

Peniel, Pen’el, uncover your Face,

Dm                          F        C

Lead me to Bethel from this desolate place;

Gm                  Bb              F

My soul thirsts for you, the Living God.

Chorus 2:

        F                       Dm

“In the morning, the fleece was wet,

       F                       C

In the morning, the fleece was dry,

Gm                       Bb                   F    C

And Moses could not run away from the burning bush.

         F                    Dm

Come and flood my throne with tears,

         F                      C

Come and match your strength to mine,

      Gm               Bb              F    C

For I will not let you break away from Me.” Chorus

Laughing Into Me

Spring 2010

       Am      C              Dm  F

My God is laughing into me:

    Em               C                Gsus4  G

“I know what you don’t know!”

      Am       C                Dm  F

Impatient glee from holy lips

             Em              C          Csus4  C

Breaks forth ‘fore secrets show.

         Am    C                 Dm       F

 “It’s just around the corner, for

          Em             C           Gsus4  G

Your spring has almost sprung;

         C              F           C        G 

Your winter’s almost over, now –

     C                F            C

Rejoice with me, my love!

Chorus

            Am  C                Dm  F

Laugh into me, laugh into me,

            Em  C       Gsus4  G

Laugh into me again.

            Am  C                Dm  F

Laugh into me, laugh into me,

            Em  C       Csus4  C

Laugh into me again.

     Am            C         Dm            F

Rejoice with me, rejoice with me,

     Em             C           Gsus4  G

Rejoice with me, my love!

     C                F          C               G 

Rejoice with me, rejoice with me,

     C                F            C

Rejoice with me, my love!

My God is laughing into me;

I sit in sorrow still.

My soul is sad and lonely yet;

My heart is far from filled.

My God is singing over me:

“My burden, it is light.

All else you carry, lay it down,

And in my love delight!”

My God is laughing into me;

O, why can He not see

How empty and how torn I am,

And weep along with me?

“I hear your cries, I see your tears,

Survey your heart and weep,

But, too, my love, be one with me,

And let your joy be deep.

I feel the crushing weight of heart,

Expel a bitter sigh,

See pounding rain in endless sheets,

Envision no respite.

I feel His laughter ringing deep

And buzzing in my chest

A smile creeps to warm my face

“Laugh into me again.”