Intro: Andrew Peterson
It's so easy to cash in these chips on my shoulders
So easy to loose this old tongue like a tiger
It's easy to let all this bitterness smolder
Just to hide it away like a cigarette lighter
It's easy to curse and to hurt and to hinder
It's easy to not have the heart to remember
That I am a priest and a prince in the Kingdom of God

Verse 1:
It's so easy to surrender to those inner voice
That tells you that there's nothing left, there's no choices
Temptation is another one of Satan's tricks
Think it's easy? Try to kill somethin' you flirtin' with

Just wanna give it up, the gloves are off now
I can't fight anymore I'm throwin' in the towel
My heart is broke, shattered, bleeding puddles on the floor
My bones are dry and brittle I can no longer endure

Abba Father have mercy on me I'm feeling weak
Tempted to replace the living water with a different drink
My soul is yearning for some peace, tranquility
Your word says 'resist' I don't have the ability

I feel alone in the dark and it's freezing cold
I've been here too many times this is getting old
They tell me keep on fighting no matter what Satan throws
ISo 'll keep on fightin' but God I came so close
Hook: Andrew Peterson & (Willy J)
And you came so close
(I came so close)
You came so close
(I came so close)
You came so close
(I came so close)
To letting go
(I almost gave it up, almost lost everything)
To letting go
(Cuz I didn't trust didn't give it the King)

Verse 2:
In a cold world it's so hard to feel your son
In a dark world it's so hard to see your son
The grey skies burden me with their soulless stares
My breathe in the cold is evidence that you're there

The harsh realities of life can weigh on a man
You let certain things happen I don't understand
I've learned to deal with loneliness you matured me there
But come regret, guilt, grief I return to despair

Andrew Peterson got me counting' stars tonight
Remind me of the promise you gave Abraham that night
I'm an heir to Abraham when you came in my life
So the promises to him are embedded within the bride
Like Deuteronomy thirty one verse six
Says you'll never leave me even in the midst of it
You tell me be strong and never lose hope
So I'll keep on going but God I came so close

Hook: Andrew Peterson & (Willy J)
And you came so close
(I came so close)
You came so close
(I came so close)
You came so close
(I came so close)
To letting go
(I almost gave it up, almost lost everything)
To letting go
(Cuz I didn't trust didn't give it the King)

Bridge:
And the sky in Nashville
It can bend you low
'Cause the winter here is gray
Without a trace of snow
But there is no shadow
On the silver stars
And the colder the night is
Well the closer the heavens are
And we're so close
We're so close
We're so close
We're so close

So don't let go (don't let go)
'Cause this I know
Don't let go (don't let go)
This I know for sure
Don't let go (don't let go)
Cause' this I know
This I know for sure:
There's still hope

Willy: Never give up