Set Me Down Gently

Mm... set me down gently
Mm... Lord, set me down
Mm... gently, gently
Mm... Lord, I am tired
Mm... gently, gently

I have carried this house on my shoulders
Past the last of the light on the stair
Every room that I swore I would mend
Is still waiting for somebody there
My hands remember the weight of the day
But they have forgotten how to pray
The kettle went cold on the stove again
And I have nothing left to say
The phone is face down on the floor
I answered every knock but Yours
The phone is face down on the floor
I answered every knock but Yours
And You were the One at the door

I am not asking for answers tonight
Just a place where my head can go down
And a hand that will lighten the load
I am not asking to see the whole road
I am not asking to see the whole road

Set me down gently, Lord, set me down gently
The way You laid the morning on the hill
Set me down gently, Lord, set me down gently
And I will rest here, rest here, until

Gently, gently, gently
Gently, let me lie still

You never asked me to hold up the roof
You asked me to open the door
But I wore the keys like a crown on my neck
And I counted the rooms I was for
Now the floor is a grace I did not earn
And the wall is a hand at my back
Every night I called it my strength
Every night it was only fear
And You never said one word about it
You just kept on holding me here
And You never said one word about it
You just kept on holding me here

I am not asking You to mend the roof
Just a place where my head can go down
And a hand that will catch me as I fall

Set me down gently, Lord, set me down gently
The way You laid the morning on the hill
Set me down gently, Lord, set me down gently
And I will rest here, rest here, until

Gently, gently, gently
Gently, let me lie still

Not a sermon, not a song
Not a promise I can keep
Just a child asleep on the back seat, leaning
No more climbing, no more proving
Let the leaning count as sleep
Let the leaning count as sleep

Set me down gently, Lord, set me down gently
The way You laid the morning on the hill
Set me down gently, Lord, set me down gently
And I am resting, Lord, I am resting still

Gently, gently, gently
Gently, I am lying still
Mm... gently, Lord

Mm... the house is Yours tonight
Mm... and so am I
Mm... the door was never locked
Mm... gently, Lord, gently
Amen, amen