Wash Me Clean

I can relate
To all those books that tell
About taking the bait
Set on hooks from hell

And I can pretend
That my mind is clean
But I know when
Revealed it's so obscene

And I don't know why
My eyes consistently
Are preoccupied
With sights so filthy

And I can't go a day
Without facing attacks
That erode away
My will to fight back

I keep insisting
On resisting
On my own
Lacking completeness
Drowning in weakness
My need for You has
Ever grown

Lord, wash me clean
Remove my shame, my wickedness
And the endless in between
Lord, draw me near
The whisper of Your still small voice
Is all I want to hear

Now I can proclaim
When the question's posed
Aren't you ashamed
Of all the skeletons exposed?

I ran after You
And I sought Your face
Praying help me renew
My strength to run this race

And I asked You please
To help me control
This fallen disease
That's ripping apart my soul

Your words to me
Can never be diminished
Claiming sweet victory
And declaring it is finished

You are my salvation
My restoration
Can't be undone
And though temptation
Seeks validation
No condemnation's
Found in the Son

Lord, wash me clean
Remove my shame, my wickedness
And the endless in between
Lord, draw me near
The whisper of Your still small voice
Is all I want to hear

I will ever praise you
Giving thanks to
Your precious Son
Blameless solution
Willing substitution
It is through Him
The battle's won

Lord, wash me clean
(Wash me clean)
Remove my shame, my wickedness
And the endless in between
Lord, draw me near
(Draw me near)
The whisper of Your still small voice
Is all I want to hear
All I want to hear