You Are With Me

Friday night and the house is quiet — too quiet for my soul

The friends have all gone home to families and I'm sitting here alone

I scroll through everyone's highlight reel, pretending that I'm fine

But the truth is I've been lonelier than I've let anybody know

And the walls in here feel closer than they did a year ago

I wonder if I'm meant to be this empty, wonder if it shows

But in the stillness something stirs — a Presence, soft and sure

A Shepherd speaking to His sheep: "Child, I'm here — I've always been here for you"

You are with me — in the valley, You are with me

Through the darkest, You have never left my side

You are with me — even when I cannot feel You

Your rod and staff are holding me tonight

You are with me, You are with me

I don't walk this road alone

Even in the lonely places, Lord, You make it feel like home

You are with me

I lost my person — the one who knew me, really knew me, inside out

And the grief of that is bigger than I know how to talk about

I've sat in crowded rooms and still felt invisible as air

And wondered if the God who made the stars could see one person sitting there

Then I read about a shepherd — how He leaves the ninety-nine

To search the hillside in the dark for the one sheep left behind

And something broke inside me — in the best way — when I knew

That I'm the one He's looking for — and He is still pursuing

You are with me — in the valley, You are with me

Through the darkest, You have never left my side

You are with me — even when I cannot feel You

Your rod and staff are holding me tonight

You are with me, You are with me

I don't walk this road alone

Even in the lonely places, Lord, You make it feel like home

You are with me

Surely goodness — surely mercy shall follow me

All the days — all the days of my life

And I will dwell — I will dwell in the house of the Lord

And He will dwell — He will dwell inside of mine

You're the Good Shepherd — You know my name

You laid Your life down — I'll never be the same

When the silence gets so heavy I could sink beneath the weight

Your voice finds me in the valley — and You call me by my name

You are with me — in the valley, You are with me

Through the darkest, You have never left my side

You are with me — even when I cannot feel You

Your rod and staff are holding me tonight

You are with me, You are with me

I don't walk this road alone

The Lord is my Shepherd — I shall not want

He is with me — He is with me — He is with me