C                           B/G
Oh I'm waiting for the answer to the question in my soul  
    Am                  F
Lord why did you lead me here?  
       C                   B/G
I take a look around and a desperate world surrounds me  
      Am                           F
I know I'm not of this place, but its here and in my face  
        Am     G      F
All that I am wants to run  
      Am      G       F
God I feel hopeless and undone  
 
      C            F
Lift me up above it all  
            Am      G
I'm feeling broken and alone  
       F              C
Don't let me turn to stone  
      C             F
Lift my heart above it all  
       Am     G
I've lost my hope tonight  
           C                      F
And I'm praying for the strength to carry on  
      F            G      C
Lord lift me up above it all  
 
          C                    B/G
Now I'm waiting for a glimpse of hope in an eye  
               Am                   F
But a flash of sunlight shows a faded gray  
               C
Cause these streets are hard and cold  
        B/G                        Am
And the alleys burn like coal with a stench of helplessness  
              F
And all the life that's been misspent  
              Am     G      F
And all that I am wants to run  
             Am       G
God I feel helpless and undone 
 
      C            F
Lift me up above it all  
             Am     G
I'm feeling broken and alone  
      F              C
Don't let me turn to stone  
      C             F
Lift my heart above it all  
       Am     G
I've lost my hope tonight  
           C                      F
And I'm praying for the strength to carry on  
    F              G      C
Lord lift me up above it all  
 
Bridge  
 
F          Am             G
Maybe I'm not supposed to fly  
F         Am              G
Maybe you want me here tonight  
 
To lift them up above it all  
When they're broken and alone  
Don't let me turn to stone  
Lift them up above it all  
Cause they cannot stand alone  
And they're praying for the strength to carry on  
Lift us up above it all  
When we're broken and alone  
Don't let us turn to stone  
Lift us up above it all  
Because we cannot stand alone  
And we're praying for the strength to carry on  
Lord will you lift us up above it all