FEVER
The Collection Lyrics

I was singing by the river, waiting for my troubles to be gone
I was singing a song by the river, hoping that it would ease my pain and make my problems disappear

and you were coming through the speakers, sliding down my ears and played their drums
Your music was playing through the singers, and it felt like it was taking over me and making me feel alive

and I was sick with holy fever, burning up with blankets and with love
I was filled with a feverish feeling of love and hope, and it was overwhelming me completely

and you would love me like a mother, cooling me with freezing baptisms
You were loving me with a motherly tenderness and care, soothing my fever with your embrace

It seems that I had struggled O' so long to say your name without some fear
I had been afraid to say your name for a long time, fearing that it would mean acknowledging my feelings for you

of finding out your name was nothing more than just a name to make things clear
I had been worried that your name was just a symbol, and that it didn't carry the depth of meaning I felt for you

but then you give your hands to me and I have seen your side and touched the holes
But then you offered me your hands, and by touching them I felt like I was able to connect with the pain you had gone through

the holes that spell forgiveness in fewer letters than I could ever be told
The wounds in your hands symbolized forgiveness for me, and that message resonated within me more deeply than any explanation ever could

but if I am a sinner, then I have got Paul in my sights
If I'm flawed and imperfect, then I share company with the apostle Paul, and I strive to be like him in spite of my shortcomings

'cause we have both been living with unspoken thorns in our sights
We both have struggled with metaphorical 'thorns' in our lives, which we carry with us and try to overcome

but then you take those thorns out and wear them all as a crown
But through your sacrifice and grace, you have taken our struggles and turned them into something beautiful and powerful

things had changed the moment you came down
Your arrival on the scene brought about a profound and lasting transformation in me and in the world around me

call to me, you call to me, in disbelief i fall flat on my face
You call out to me, and I am humbled and overwhelmed by your love and grace

the countless times that you've caught me is never as surprising as the chase
Even though you have rescued me so many times before, I still find myself chasing after you constantly

so bind my heart in dirty rags and tie it to the place you call your home
I want you to hold my heart, even if it's damaged and imperfect, and make it a part of your home and your life

and I will walk forever with you, you will be the only place I roam
I will follow you wherever you lead me, and I will only find true happiness and contentment by being in your presence