The Anchor [Intro] [Vinyl crackle, a lone piano chord rings out] Yeah... check the mic, one two... In the storm, you need an anchor. Let me tell you 'bout mine. (Scratch: "He's good... all the time") [Verse 1] When the world's on my shoulders and the pressure feels immense, And the enemy is trying to climb over my fence, I remember every promise, every word He ever said, He's the shield around my heart, the helmet on my head. I was walking in the darkness, didn't know which way to turn, Every bridge I tried to build, I just watched it crash and burn. But a voice cut through the static, a whisper in the noise, Said, "My son, I am your refuge, I'm the reason to rejoice." The trouble's like a giant, but my God is like a stone, And I never have to face this broken world alone. [Chorus] His mercy's new every morning, His goodness is my guide, When I'm weak, He is my fortress, and He's always by my side. He's the anchor in the whirlwind, the peace inside the war, I don't know what I'd do without Him, couldn't ask for any more. (He's good... all the time...) [Post-Chorus] Protected. (Yeah) Directed. (Uh-huh) By the hand that made the stars, I am perfectly connected. Mercy. (Flowin') Goodness. (Goin') Every single day I'm livin', yeah, I know it, I'ma show it. [Verse 2] They plot a snare, but they don't know the trap is already sprung, The battle's already over, the victory's already won. I'm not fighting for my freedom, I'm just fighting from a place, Of knowing I'm adopted, saved by amazing grace. I've seen the goodness in the land of the living, it's true, In the friends that He provided, in the daily bread He threw. He's a father to the fatherless, a healer of the pain, He turns my desert into gardens, turns my loss into gain. So let the sirens wail, let the walls come crashing down, I'm standing on the Rock, I ain't moving from this ground. [Chorus] His mercy's new every morning, His goodness is my guide, When I'm weak, He is my fortress, and He's always by my side. He's the anchor in the whirlwind, the peace inside the war, I don't know what I'd do without Him, couldn't ask for any more. (He's good... all the time...) [Breakdown] [Beat cuts to just the bassline and a single piano note] Yo... sometimes you gotta just stop... and listen. In the silence... you hear it. That still, small voice. (Beat drops back in with full force) That's the protection! [Final Chorus] His mercy's new every morning, His goodness is my guide, When I'm weak, He is my fortress, and He's always by my side. He's the anchor in the whirlwind, the peace inside the war, I don't know what I'd do without Him, couldn't ask for any more. (He's good... all the time...) [Outro] [Beat fades out with a final piano chord] Yeah... for real. New every morning. All the time. (Scratch: "Good... Good...")
