alreadyknown
Already Known
You already knew me
When I was alone
Pursuing agendas
And plans of my own
That you could see through me
I tried not to know
It made me go cold to the bone
And when you came to me
I tried to resist
Your love was reproving
My heart was a fist
But what you were doing
Was bigger than this
I had no more heart to resist
You captured my city
Enraptured my mind
You breached my defenses
I let you be mine
And you let me be
To become your design
Reflecting in flesh the divine
When I feel unable
To find my way home
You say, "Child,
Lift your eyes to my throne.
All of myself
I bestow on my own
So never forget
You are never alone
No, never forget
You are never alone
In me, all is already known."
You already knew
What you called me to do
When I was lost and alone
And when I first opened
My eyes to your throne
You said, "Child,
You are already known."
When I feel unable
To find my way home
You say, "Child,
Lift your eyes to my throne.
All of myself
I bestow on my own
So never forget
You are never alone
No, never forget
You are never alone
In me, all is already known."
I was already known
When I came to know you
When I was lost and alone
When someday I see you
Alive on your throne
You'll say "Child,
You are finally home."
[O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You understand my thought afar off. Psalm 139:1-2]
Vic Lortz, 10/2006