Hold It In My Hand

Read the signs, touched the glass
I'd nod my head, but slowly pass
Getting close but keeping space
I felt the warmth but lacked the embrace

My mercy fails, the gap seems wide
If only I could reach the other side
To see that fire, to touch that flame
Blow on embers, burn up this shame

The time has come, I'm young and able
And though I may not understand
I'll reach out toward that light that's shinin'
Just to hold it in my hand

The shattered glass that's on the shore
Has washed up there a thousand times before
I throw it back, some lost debris
A constant fixture in a churning sea

The inside of a restless heart
Tends to try to tear itself apart
But time slows down
And wounds they heal
In the presence of something real

My mercy fails, the gap seems wide
If only I could reach the other side
To see that fire, to touch that flame
Blow on embers, burn up this shame

The time has come, I'm young and able
And though I may not understand
I'll reach out toward that light that's shinin'
Just to hold it in my hand

And I know
That I can't go it alone
Will you take my hand
Into this life unknown?

The time has come, I'm young and able
To leave these prints upon the sand
And walk to find to my surprise an
Oasis in these barren lands

The time has come, I'm young and able
And though I may not understand
I'll reach out toward that light that's shinin'
Just to hold it in my hand