Verse 1
Lord I lift up your name
Lord I lift up your praise
Lord your goodness and mercy they follow me all of my days
Because you are holy
Because you are good
I will lift up my voice in the house of the Lord like I should

Chorus:
I will wait
‘Cause You always know what to do
In the storm or the calm
I will wait for you

Verse 2:
Lord in the darkness
Lord in the deep
Into your arms I surrender my soul, Lord, to keep
Then in the light
Of that glorious day
I will sing how your love has delivered me time and again!

Bridge:
Lord with a whisper You called out my name
Up on the cross Lord, You took on my blame
And down in the tomb You buried my shame
So no matter what comes I will wait
I will wait
I will wait

Tag:
So no matter what comes I will wait
I will wait
I will wait

Backstory

I was listening to a bunch of Maverick City stuff and I loved the chord changes and super interesting progressions. Really stands out in a sea of boring chord progressions in modern worship music*! So I started borrowing chords, and changing the quality of existing chords. And I must say, I quite like how this turned out. It’s got a fun gospel feel, and would be super fun to play as a musician.

* ^{I get it. Simple chord progressions are easy for church musicians to reproduce, they are easy for people to grasp, and they quickly lend themselves to predictable melodies. All good things. A boing chord progression does not necessarily create a boring song (cf “Free Fallin’” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers or “A Horse With No Name” by America). In fact, I have written plenty of boring chord progressions myself!}

Song Info

Author: Conrad MacIntyre
Feel: Gospel
Tempo: 75bpm
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4