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shai linne - As the Hour Draws Near
(from the album Storiez)
© copyright 2008

Chorus 1: Evangel
As the hour draws near to take my last breath/
I’m not quite sure how much time I have left/
I’m walking the path of all the strugglers who died/
And I’m in fear of what awaits me on the other side

Verse 1: Evangel
Who knew that I’d be shook up/
As I look up to the heavens and see it’s near with I.V.s hooked up/
Like secrets it was nice to be kept by Christ/
Now every night’s a deep sweat from a life of regrets/
The thrill is gone- was faith real? Not fake like silicon/
Frontin like it’s “Ok” like Lil’ Jon was spilling sobs/
My will was drawn to this common facade/
Lord, now I repent for each dent in Your armor of God/
Knowing this: it’s Your name that we defraud/
Without holiness, no one shall see the Lord/
My heart I can’t mask from ya/
Don’t wanna be a part of Your massacre/
Please don’t stop my cardiovascular/
I hope I repped C-H-R-I-S-T/
And sported Him so good I could win an Espy like Wayne Gretsky/
Lord put my heart at ease, please before I decrease my BP/
And they’re saying “Clear! I need Cc’s!/
I think I’m losing him!” Because I’m bruised from sin within/
And don’t think I’ll see Your New Jerusalem/
You’re just, Lord- I need to be assured/
I’m unsure and insecure that where sin abounds Your grace did much more/
I need to get confidence believing Your promises/
Of Jesus’ accomplishments, not help from the drug store/
Because mostly my reputation was count the world as defecation/
Yet I proceed with trepidation.

Refrain 1: Evangel
Sin was strong and my deadliest foe/
Steady wrong- am I ready to go/
I pray to God because it’s hard to accept my heart’s heavy, you know/
I’m not sure if I’m ready to go

Bridge 1: Evangel
Although You had promised I would live again/
For believing in Jesus I’m forgiven yet I’m shivering from hidden sin/
Because in the back of my mind, I knew I struggled as my past time/
Now I’m scared to… flatline

Chorus 2: Ant
As the hour draws near to take my last breath/
I’m not quite sure how much time I have left/
I’m walking the path of all my brothers who died/
And I’m prepared for what awaits me on the other side

Verse 2: Ant
Life was quick, but these last breaths seem the longest/
I’m on the brink of entering everything that You promised/
My heart skips thinking of what I’ll be in a moment/
This joy is undeniably precious fruit of atonement/
I cry tears of happiness because looking back/
I see the track that You sovereignly mapped for me- I see immaculate(ly)/
The cross of Christ, His awesome price and Your grace that carried me/
I persevered in shadows of brothers who marked the path for me/
In just a few breaths I’ll walk into a marriage feast/
And taste of Your goodness without getting a cavity/
Your majesty will light up the city that we’ll inhabit/
And the Lamb will be the lamp in the middle- there’ll be no P.M./
I tremble at the fact that I’ll be captured/
By the blazing glory of the One that I’ve been waiting to see and I’ll see Him/
To see His face and worship perpetually won’t be boring/
Because this flesh won’t be a hitch anymore- I’ll be restored/
To new morning after morning- and cause You bled/
Death I’ll leave here on this hospital bed/
And step into the presence of the Bridegroom in heaven/
No more valleys to tread or trek through/
Or leaven to fight against- all things will be made new/
No struggling to pray, we’ll sing of Your glory with angels/
I’m eager to go- I know I’m a part of Your kingdom/
Upon Christ’s deeds I’ll see bliss when the beep comes.

Refrain 2: Ant
My life was long and I’m ready to go/
I stood strong and I’m ready to go/
I can’t wait to sing along with the throng up in heaven, you know/
It’s where I belong- I’m ready to go

Bridge 2: Ant
My sneakers are worn down hard from running this marathon in the trenches/
Was far from pretending, pressed on with repentance/
So now it’s time for me to pass the baton/
And at long last, I’ll pass on into heaven.

Chorus 3: shai linne
As the hour draws near to take my last breath/
I’m not quite sure how much time I have left/
I’m walking the path of all the others who died/
And I don’t care what awaits me on the other side.

Verse 3: shai linne
In a hospital bed, blood clots in my head/
Body chock full of meds and I got to be fed/
Through a tube- I’m comatose, wet food/ Aroma’s gross pursued lewd moods as a refuge- overdose/
Frantic seizure, life empty, scary demanded leisure/
Anesthesia, temporary amnesia/
I’m found in this predicament surrounded by significant/
Others, my mother- it’s crowded and I’m listening/
I hear a person’s voice that I don’t recognize/
Praying for me- It must be a reverend and his lies/
Nurse checking in my eyes- ain’t getting no replies/
If she knew I heard everything, I bet she’d be surprised/
My family’s upsetting me with cries, what they crying for/
If I could speak, I’d ask the reverend what he lying for/
He said something about believing in the Lord/
That’s ridiculous- we all know that Jesus was a fraud/
Atheism is logical, blind faith is comical/
Seven-day creation and Satan are mythological/
The Bible’s full of statements made by men/
Who were shaken- too scared to face the end/
The reverend said, “Don’t be hostile to the gospel- choose it”/
The only gospel I like is gospel music/
He said if I understood him take my finger and wiggle one/
But if I could have I would have gave him the middle one.

Refrain 3: shai linne
Because he’s wrong and I’m ready to go/
Son, I’m strong, yo I’m ready to go/
If it’s on then it’s on- bring it on I’m ready to go/
Let’s get it on son, I’m ready to go.

Bridge 3:
I’m anticipating hitting the essence/
I’ll crash through the gate in minutes or seconds/
His antics are fake so I’m dissin’ the reverend/
My last action- shaking my fist at the heavens!