Under My Skin

I’ve got to have You under my skin

Under the skin is where healing begins

Past all the tears to the place they began

Past all the smiles to where the giants still stand.

I’ve made them so big I can’t see who You are

The scars run so deep – can You really reach that far?

The only way out is to let You inside

To let You touch all the places where innocence died.

Next time we wrestle, I’m aiming to lose

If You ask once more I promise not to refuse

I’m tired of holding so tight to my fear

That all I can ask is for You to come near.

I’ve got to have You under my skin

Under the skin is where healing begins

Past all the tears to the place they began

Past all the smiles to where the giants still stand.

You’re bigger than I think, safer than I fear

I want Your voice to be louder than everything I hear

The answer’s not inside me – no, not yet

But I can feel You moving past the anguish and regret.

The battle is intense, You’re nearing my heart

The war of how to trust is tearing me apart

Then suddenly I give up, let my defenses down

And the terrorists of the past scatter with an echoing sound.

I’ve got to have You under my skin

Under the skin is where healing begins

Past all the tears to the place they began

Past all the smiles to where the giants still stand.

I’ve waited so long to feel like I was free

With my back against a closed door I didn't want to see

But now that it’s opened, I finally understand –

From the beginning, this is what You had planned.

I am not my own, I belong to a King

And my life is meant to be the song that You sing

So You're working to heal me from the inside out

But You can only reach in as far as You’re allowed.

I’ve got to have You under my skin

Under the skin is where healing begins

Past all the tears to the place they began

Past all the smiles to where the giants still stand.