# SPEND MY HEAVEN **[INTRO — whispered / distant]** I kept the lights on in a house I was never gonna keep. Kept filling my hands with things that couldn't follow me. Funny how you can waste a life without ever throwing it away. --- **[VERSE 1 — low, rhythmic]** I spent my nights making monuments to myself Another dollar Another night Another version of somebody else I called it freedom when nobody could tell me no Built a kingdom out of mirrors Just to watch the whole thing go I kept saying, “I'll have time.” Like time belonged to me. --- **[PRE-CHORUS — building]** Everything I tried to keep was asking me for more. Then You opened up my hands and showed me what they're for. --- **[CHORUS — melodic, explosive]** **I WANNA SPEND MY HEAVEN WHILE I'M STILL HERE** Live like I already know there's nothing left to fear **I WANNA SPEND MY HEAVEN ON THE PEOPLE IN MY WAY** If You gave me life eternal, **LET ME GIVE THIS LIFE AWAY** **I WANNA SPEND MY HEAVEN DOING GOOD ON EARTH** --- **[VERSE 2 — rhythmic / more aggressive]** There's a man I don't know sleeping underneath the light. There's a friend I stopped calling 'cause forgiveness takes too much time. There's a woman at the table trying hard not to cry. And I'm standing there protecting my comfort like it's worth more than her life. I keep asking You, **“What am I supposed to do?”** While You keep putting people right in front of me. --- **[PRE-CHORUS — rising]** Maybe the answer isn't hidden. Maybe I just don't wanna see. Maybe the Kingdom starts where I stop making everything about me. --- **[CHORUS — variation]** **I WANNA SPEND MY HEAVEN WHILE I'M STILL HERE** Live like I already know that You have conquered death and fear **I WANNA SPEND MY HEAVEN ON THE PEOPLE IN MY WAY** If You gave me life eternal, **LET ME GIVE THIS LIFE AWAY** **DOING GOOD ON EARTH** --- **[BRIDGE — near silence]** *(whispered)* You said— **“I was hungry.”** And I kept walking. **“I was thirsty.”** And I kept walking. **“I was a stranger.”** And I looked away. **“I was hurting.”** And I had somewhere else to be. *(pause)* Then I understood. The people I called **interruptions** were the people You put in my path. The life I kept trying to get past was the life You asked me to love. --- **[BUILD — whispered → spoken → shouted]** I thought I was waiting for Heaven. **You were teaching me how to live like I'm already going home.** I thought I needed something more. **You gave me someone to love.** --- **[BREAKDOWN]** TAKE MY TIME. TAKE MY PRIDE. TAKE MY PLANS. TAKE THESE HANDS THAT ONLY KNOW HOW TO HOLD— **TEACH THEM HOW TO GIVE.** --- **[FINAL CHORUS — huge]** **I WANNA SPEND MY HEAVEN WHILE I'M STILL HERE** Love without a limit Give without the fear **I WANNA SPEND MY HEAVEN ON THE PEOPLE IN MY WAY** If You gave me life eternal— **LET ME GIVE THIS LIFE AWAY** **DOING GOOD ON EARTH** --- **[OUTRO — stripped down]** If I'm going home someday... Let me leave nothing here that I was afraid to give. I spent my life trying to keep it. You showed me what it was for. **Spend my Heaven.** **While I'm still here.**
