You Were Much Closer

You were much closer No need to fear I can hear Your word say And my eyes filled with tears Because You felt far away So I returned to our place And to my surprise You were much closer Than I realize Sometimes it’s hard, I must agree When I depend on someone like me I just end up abused and in need of care But, Lord, I call, I call to You, Lord and You’re always right there No need to fear I can hear Your word say And my eyes filled with tears Because You felt far away So I returned to our place And to my surprise You were much closer Than I realize Sometimes my fears are hard to miss (Anybody know what I’m talking about) Because my storms, they don’t wanna pass So when my mind feels confused And my heart starts to stray I call upon the name of the Lord And I’ll hear Him say, there is no, no There is no need to fear (I can hear Jesus say) I can hear Jesus say, yeah (But my eyes filled up with tears because You felt) So far away (So I) So I returned to our place (Returned to our place) And to my surprise (You were standing right there) You were much closer than I realize (And you are author of the word and I saw you were closer) Closer, You were much close It took all this time to realize You were standing right by my side Closer, You were much close You were much closer than I realize (And you are author of the word and I saw you were closer) Closer, You were much close It took all this time to realize You were standing right by my side Closer, You were much close You were much closer than I realize Closer, You were much close (When I thought I was going down) (For the last time my father) You were standing right by my side Closer, You were much closer, than I realize You were much closer than I realize You were much closer than I realize You were much closer than I realize ... --- You Were Much Closer - Fred Hammond and Fred Hammond & Radical for Christ