This is one of my favourite songs to date. I like the melody and the passion in the theme of the song. The idea came from quite a dry spell of song writing when I realised I had nothing fresh to write about, no new ideas or lyrics and even the world around me wasn’t inspiring me much. A simple but profound revelation came to me (again): To give out or create, it was necessary for something to be going in and I hadn’t been feeding that part of my life well. As a result I returned to a rhythm of writing through the year. I have high points where I write constantly and planned downtime to simply be with God. I also adjusted some of the daily patterns and routines to secure more time in prayer and singing and playing guitar simply for the fun of it.

The verses of this song are based around my interpretation of Psalm 63, where the Psalmist talks about going through a dry place and explodes into a chorus that simply says what I was feeling, “God fill my life!”

Sometimes the Christian life can be experiential but have little effect on the world around and so I wanted to bring in an outward thinking dimension to the chorus: “spilling out to the streets of this world”.

The bridge section formed some of the most passionate and challenging lyrics I had written, expressing a desire to seek the Kingdom first and not any kind of spiritual craze or experience. I wanted to pursue something with longevity that would make a genuine difference and so by the time I had finished the song, it had really become a prayer.

You are God, You are my God

Rescue me from a world

Running life on empty

I’m hungry for your presence

Your spirit and your word to become my essence

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You are my forever

Now more than ever

I’ll live this life only for you

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God fill my life let it flood over

From my heart, from my mind, from my soul

Don’t let it stop let it flood over

Spilling out to the streets of this world

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You are God, You are my God

Satisfy my desire

As my soul longs for you

Visit here, with fire

Igniting all of me

Let my life burn brighter

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I’m done with token gestures, smoke and mirrors

Imitation power of God

All I hunger for is Jesus in this life

I want the genuine, life changing,

Resurrection power of God

To infuse me, consume me again

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Copyright pete/nickyjamesoct2008

This song is planned to feature on my new recording in 2010.