Jordan Mentz

Pre Chorus:
Squeeze my hand because I need to feel you
I don’t understand why you continue to lead me
I do not follow and don’t want to have any part of you
Squeeze my hand that I may see you

Chorus:
Squeeze out the impurities in my life
I am giving you my secrets and my pains
I know it won’t be easy letting you squeeze me and purifying me
It may hurt but I am asking for you to melt away this heart of mine

Verse 1:
Squeeze out anything in my life that is of myself
Anything that keeps me from growing close to you
Squeeze me and hold me tight within your arms
There are many things that I don’t want you to squeeze

Verse 2:
I am asking for you to do what you want
I know it ay hurt for a while
But I know it was you who went the second mile
I want you to squeeze me and love me like nothing ever could

Pre Chorus:
I seem to lose myself in what I am doing
I need to lose myself in who you are
I am found when I lose myself in your beauty
Knowing the way to lose myself

Chorus:
I need to lose myself in order to sing again
I know you found me your son has spoken life into me
If I try to find my worth in this world
I will only be left looking to things that don’t satisfy

Verse 1:
Losing myself is a foreign concept in this world today
I am longing to find myself in you
I am looking for something to ease away the pain
Then I realized that you had already found me

Bridge:
Lose myself lose myself I got to lose myself
In all you are in who you are in what you are
I want to lose myself in your promise
I know you have found me and you are calling me home

I fall down but I somehow have the strength/to get back up and try again/and I know the answer/but so many times I try to make up/the means on my own/say it was all me/and I like to take the credit/because of my selfish pride/

I fall down face down before you/will I let you lift my spirit up again/I feel so helpless because I have rejected your strength/and I have hurt so much/I don’t know if I can hurt much more/so I am asking for you to lift me up/

When I fall down and I feel left behind/I remember that you can take the pain/and I remember that through my weakness/your strength is made great/and so many times/I try to hide my faults/and I make excuses for them/

I fall down on my face/relying on your grace/as I am on my knees pleading for my generation/please bring about a new way of living/a new knowledge of what it means to be a Christ follower/I will live the way you want/

Give me the eyes of a believer/that know the ways of the great deceiver/because I am a recipient of a grace so rich/a love so deep that/no mind can comprehend/the eye of a believer see the world differently/as I live my life/help me to see the snares of the evil one/because I know the truth/

The eyes of a believer/love the world in a deeper way/than the world has become accustomed to/when people look into my eyes/I pray that they would see your love/and in my heart may there be a flame so bright/that it shines across my face that it may radiate/and permeate everything about me/

Eyes of believers/see situations in a whole different light/and I am asking for you let me see/with my heart the lost and hurting world/I don’t want to see with my eyes/anymore I am asking for you to teach me/to see with my heart/so that you may touch the lives of others/

The eyes of the believer/have been open/but sometimes/I forget what I am looking for/I am so caught up in the things of this world/but I am asking for you to retrain my eyes/and help me focus on you/teach me to maintain my focus/and teach me to keep you in my line of vision/

I need to let go of things/I need to give you full control/of my life because I cannot direct it anymore/as I let go of the things/I thought would sustain me/the things that wouldn’t last/I need to let go of the things/that don’t matter in this life/everything that I realize I put too much stock/in what the eye can see/

Let go of myself/my selfish desires/and my dreams of yesterday/because if I delight myself in You oh Lord/you will give me the desires/of my heart/so I ask myself many questions/like what have I trusted in/that has left me empty and hopeless/and if this is how it feels/I choose to let go/

The things that I’ve held on to/all my life it seems/that I am reaching and grabbing nothing/the possessions I tried to gain/are worthless and will burn/all I am asking is for you to help me let go/so many times/I try to take what I can get/it leaves me feeling void and helpless/

When I let go/of the things in the past/then I can move forward/I know if I keep on looking back/I will miss what’s in store for me/and if I cannot see what’s ahead of me/and I keep grasping for air/I will only grab nothing/and what have I to gain/if I gain this world/and lose myself/

I want to hold the hands that bleed forgiveness/and I want my heart to hurt for the lost/I know I want to grow closer to God/but so many times my actions don’t line up/with what I say or do.

I find myself grasping for earthly things/that will soon rust and fade away/when I can take hold of the hands/that bleed with love/it doesn’t make sense to me/to live for this world/

When I truly walk hand in hand with you/then my actions will reflect your heart/and when I hold your hands/I find healing of my soul/and by your stripes we are healed/from the things that hurt/

Holding the hands that bled with forgiveness/and seeing the heart that bleeds with love/and touching your wounds by which I am healed/I find my strength in you when I hold the hands that bled

I long for my tongue to be/the pen of a skillful writer/and I want my tongue/to write your name across the sky/there are many times/when I want to proclaim your endless love/I use my tongue/to sing your praises/and I cannot believe the power of my tongue/I long to use my words/to paint a picture of your love/

The tongue I have/is yours and I want to spread/your message to this lost and dying world/I see a world bleeding and hurting/and I don’t know how/to draw a picture of this perfect sacrifice/will I ever be able to comprehend/a love that shows no beginning and no end/so many times I wonder/if this love that you gave me is free/

I choose to use my pen/to write your praises across this earth/and I yearn for these songs/to draw a picture of the perfect lamb/who demonstrated perfect sacrifice/I can use my tongue to bring healing/and I want my songs/to bring you glory/ I don’t know why/you love me so much/but I choose to die for you/

My tongue is a pen/and I want this world/to know this love/I have written across my heart/I look around at this world/and I can see your creation/portraying a characteristic of who you are/can I ever paint a clear enough picture/for this world to understand/and accept/I want to be your pen/writing the things that reflect your heart/

Psalm 45:1
1 My heart is stirred by a noble theme
as I recite my verses for the king;
my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.