How Fragile My Faith

from In the Rough, Volume One: Faith by Brian West

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How fragile my faith; how precarious my prayers;
How daring my doubt, following my footsteps
Just a breath in front of God

It's been so many years ago--I made a promise to the sky
Shaking my small fist at Him, I never needed so to cry
"You have never left me, never let me get away,
But I have never wanted you to hold me, 'til today."

How fragile my faith; how precarious my prayers;
How daring my doubt, following my footsteps
Just a breath in front of God

I had to take a drive out West, I had to get away from here
I had to see them face to face, the few I hold so dear
My sister, crying with me, as I wept on her back porch
I felt so far from God; she said, "You don't need to anymore."

Is this hand from heaven someone I can trust; or is it hurting me?
Does He hold me out to dangle over the flame,
Or hold me to His breast, like a child?

How fragile my faith; how precarious my prayers;
How daring my doubt, following my footsteps
Just a breath in front of God

How fragile my faith; how precarious my prayers;
I'm leaning on grace; the troubled waters of my heart
So need the calming breath of God,
So need the calming breath of God.

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from In the Rough, Volume One: Faith, released March 12, 2017
Randy Rodgers: Guitars
Brian West: Mandolin, vocals

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Brian West Johnson City, Tennessee

I'm a Christian. I ask questions. I write words and music.

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