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10. The First Time
Album: The Hurt and The Healer
Artist: MercyMe
 

Day after day
I try to explain You
Like I can contain You
In so many words

But You are the ocean
And I'm on the shoreline
Thinking I know You
Like You could be learned

It's so amazing
That You'd ever save me

CHORUS
I thought I knew Your face
I thought I'd tasted grace
But I've never felt anything close to this
Just when I'd seen it all
New mercy breaks the dawn
And with my eyes open wide
It feels like the first time

After all of my searching
And all of my reaching
I'm left with nothing
Nothing of worth

You treasure the broken
Over and over
Give me a hope
That can never be earned

It's still amazing
That You'd ever save me

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Your beauty
No eye has seen
Your majesty overwhelming
Your love for me
Is healing oh God


MercyMe, Jason Ingram, Dan Muckala © 2012 Simpleville Music / Wet As A Fish Music (ASCAP) / Sony/ATV Timber Publishing / Open Hands Music (SESAC) / Wintergone Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved.

Behind the Song:
Lamentations 3:22-23

 

More Lyrics from The Hurt and The Healer

  1. 01. You Know Better
  2. 02. You Don't Care At All
  3. 03. The Hurt & The Healer
  4. 04. To Whom It May Concern
  5. 05. You Are I Am
  6. 06. Take The Time
  7. 07. Don't Give Up On Me
  8. 08. Hold On
  9. 09. Best Of Me
  10. 10. The First Time
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This Tuesday, September 22
ALBUMS
PFR Target and the Arrow (independent)

This Thursday, September 24
SINGLES
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NEEDTOBREATHE Can't Apologize (feat. Jonah Kagen) - Single [UMG]

This Friday, September 25
ALBUMS
Altarheart Prone To Wander [Rottweiler]
ANTHNY Worship Leader's Diary [SONY/Provident]
Elan Brio Sound Waves [Polished Arrow]
Brotality Jaws of the Earth (independent)
Forsaken Eternity Shades of Existence - EP [Rottweiler]
Gaither Bill & Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends Present You Are Loved: A Tribute to the Songs of Bill & Gloria (Live) [Gaither]
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Pomegranate More To Find - EP (independent)
Red Worship Witness (independent)
Stryper Throne Of Thorns [Frontiers Music]
We Are Messengers Halfway Home [Curb]
Matthew West Jesus Is King [Story House Music]
The Wood Drake Sessions East to West (independent)

SINGLES
Sarah Anthony Jesus is King - Single (independent)
AustinThaNoble Mommy, I’m Praying for You - Single [Syntax]
Chris Caro DID WHAT I SAID - Single [Syntax]
Jenn Chenoweth Still Small Voice - Single [WieRise]
Peter Ebraheem The King is Risen (feat. K.N.O) - Single (independent)
Kirk Franklin This Time (feat. GloRilla) - Single [Uptown]
Kelo Real Love - Single [Syntax]
Perry LaHaie Well Done - Single [Frontiers]
Rachael Lampa Permission - Single [Centricity]
Jamie MacDonald Used to Be - Single [Capitol CMG]
MŌRIAH Kick - Single [F2]
Neal Morse & The Resonance Walk On Water - Single [InsideOutMusic]
Mackenzie Phillips Made - Single [Gotee]
Presence Music Fight or Flight - Single (independent)
QEW & Cyrus Sonata Nu Nimbus Vibez (ft. Scribe Music) - Single [Syntax]
Jenna Raine I See What You're Saying - Single [Warner]
River Valley Worship King of the Empty Grave - Single [BEC]
Seph Schlueter All In - Single [Provident]
Sleeping At Last Go On Easy - Single (independent)
The Sean Coleman Project Might Just Be My Day (feat. Brad Goff) - Single (independent)

DVD
Gaither Bill & Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends Present You Are Loved: A Tribute to the Songs of Bill & Gloria (Live) DVD [Gaither]

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ALBUMS
Charles Billingsley Replay [StowTown]
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Jake MacAdam Source of Life - EP (independent)
Josh Snodgrass Praise (Instrumental Guitar) - EP (independent)
Tauren Wells Here Comes The Church (Live) [Capitol CMG]

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Francesca Battistelli Won't Miss A Moment - Single [Curb]
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Olivia Lane Mother's Eyes - Single [BEC]
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