You Don't Leave Halfway

You don't leave halfway (You don't),
You don't stop at night.
Every season, I have found it —
You don't vanish out of sight.

I have lived through quiet battles
That the world would never see —
Seasons when my life stood half-built,
Open beams and no roof over me.
The strong ones packed their tools and left,
And my own two hands gave out,
But there was One who kept on working
When the whole crew walked out.

When the money and the friendships
Crumbled like a half-built wall,
There was One who would not move:

You don't leave halfway (You don't),
You don't leave the roof undone.
You come back to finish
What You start — till it is done.

Not halfway (not halfway),
Not halfway (not halfway).
When the whole world walked away from me —
Not halfway.

I don't sing this like a stranger,
I have tested every word.
In the years I couldn't feel You,
Every prayer was still heard.
You stood with me through the winter
When the work showed not a sign,
Laying stone on stone in silence
Till the house began to shine.
You never left the job unfinished,
You never left me behind.

Were You with me in the winter? (You were with me)
Were You there in the silence? (You were near)
When the strong ones all abandoned me? (You stayed)
You don't leave halfway — You stayed.

I could not shake You even trying,
I could not out-run Your grace.
The God who kept me in the shadows
Is the God I now embrace.
Every wall I left unfinished,
Every stone I dropped and ran —
You picked it up and kept on building.
You will finish what You began.

You don't leave halfway (You don't),
No, You never have.
You built me in the silence,
And You did not stop.

You don't leave halfway (You don't),
You don't leave the roof undone.
You came back to finish me —
And I am not the same.

Half of it was midnight (half of it),
Half of it was dawn,
And every hour of both of them,
You carried me along.
You carried me along.