Leaving It All Behind by Jason Gray

A Place Called Hope by Jason Gray

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Leaving It All Behind
by Jason Gray

Album: A Place Called Hope

I grew up on the south side of hope in the arms of mistress indigo
Her love like a bottle banging on the back of my head
When I woke up on the ground I picked myself up and I put my foot down
Over my shoulder I said as I walked out the door I said,

"I'm, I'm leaving... I'm leaving... it all behind
Oh yes I am, I'm leaving... I'm leaving it all behind"
But I just can't let it go, oh no

Soon I nearly ran myself out of hope
Like a man running out of his rope or maybe more like a dog at the end of his chain
Tethered to something eyes can't see, locked in an orbit around me
As every step I took led me back to where I began singing

"I'm leaving... I'm leaving... it all behind, I swear I'm leaving... I'm leaving it all behind"
But I just can't let it go

Because every self-help remedy only led right back to me
Yeah I may be the place to start but I can only get so far
Because the way that leads to life is a living kind of death
You go down in the water and take your first breath

(Go down, go down, go down in the water, in the water)

I heard a voice by the river call "Though you stumble, you will not fall,
If you just reach out and take hold of my hand..."
Mercy took me in and then pulled me under
I came up clean to the sound of thunder as I broke through the surface
I was singing on the other side...

"I'm leaving... I'm leaving it all behind
Oh yes I am, I'm leaving... I'm leaving it all behind me now"

(Leaving it all behind x 4)

Oh sweet Mercy like a river cover me
Oh sweet Mercy like a river carry me