1. A NEW DAWN

I know there lies a broken spirit below
The unblemished surface you show
But there is someone who can hear your silent cries
How low will you sink before you let go
And give up your life to follow
The Son of God, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Unlike a star dimming within the firmament, He won't let you fall
Thus I know it cannot be the end
Lo and behold, these tears are nothing permanent
Call out His name, for a new dawn...
Awaits all who repent and are born anew
The Holy Ghost shall come into your darkened heart
And do away with the pain in you

I know you feel neglected and left alone
Cast away into the unknown
But there is someone longing for you to come home
Although you devour what has been thrown
From the shade of the devil's throne
As a nightfall it all stands to be outshone


2. THE NINETY-NINE

Anywhere I venture
I still remember
The place I used to be
In such a weather
That none could ever
Calm the raging sea
The gravest danger
My fallen nature
Would ever lead me near
Who could tell if whether
My soul would enter
A demise I now only used to fear

O Lord, when all had forsaken me
You did not leave me behind
Only Thy mercy could have taken me
Back to the ninety-nine

His grace was given
A life rewritten
Unworthy as I was
My sins forgiven
Through blood within Him
Shed upon the Cross
A Pauline conversion
Crushed the person
I was into debris
My eyes have opened
So they may see
The abounding love
Only He could lay on me


3. BEFORE THE CROSS

Wrong turns and a troubled journey
Kept me submit to the flesh
Then a miraculous event fell upon me
As my tongue began to profess
That He suffered and died on the Calvary cross
That He rose from the grave
A sinless life He gave up for us
And through faith have I been saved

No longer am I led by a serpent
Never shall I return to the devil's claws
This world has lost another servant
Now I kneel before the cross

I've felt the burden of having a pain
That is truly heavy to bear
And the relief when He lifted me up
By the mighty power of prayer
From a pit of despair
Once upon a time it was darkness
That bestrew my life
Until I entrusted my Heavenly Father
Who showed me the light


4. THE LION'S DEN

Many are those who fall prey to its hunger
Few are the ones preventing the feast
Me, I will shelter myself from the thunder
That expels from the roaring beast
Short have I lived, but this I possess
Knowing the path out an infernal depth
The saving grace only God can express
Delivers one from an eternal death

You may have lost your way again
Led astray by fallen men
Prevail you will, but only when
You leave the lion's den

Many are those that are caught in the vortex
Few are the ones crying out for aid
Me, I shall conquer and do what I promise
In return for the price that He paid
Proclaim His name as an endless reminder
Of how He came to unleash
A glorious message for all to decipher
No sinner is out of His reach

There are better days on the horizon
Ones where the grey sky will brighten
And they shall come at a time when
You leave the den of the lion