Ready or not Here I come I looked in the church I looked in the sky I looked in a book And asked everybody why I climbed every ladder I followed every sign Kept asking where God was While looking through borrowed eyes Over here Over there Up above Everywhere I searched so hard I nearly missed The One Doing all of this Hide and seek Hide and seek Looking for the One Who’s looking through me Around the world Across the street Spirit playing Hide and seek I checked the stars I checked the deep Asked every teacher Who I should be Then something laughed Behind my eyes You’ve been looking with Me The whole damn time I tried being holy I tried being good I stood where they told me And did what I should I whispered the prayers I memorized lines Kept trying to find God With God’s own mind Near and far Wrong and right Day by day Night by night I searched every room Except the one Where the searching Had begun Hide and seek Hide and seek Looking for the One Who’s looking through me Around the world Across the street Spirit playing Hide and seek I checked the stars I checked the deep Asked every teacher Who I should be Then something laughed Behind my eyes You’ve been looking with Me The whole damn time Maybe the joke Was never cruel Maybe forgetting Was part of the rules Maybe Life said Count to ten Then hid inside Its own skin I looked in temples I looked in trees I looked in silence I looked on my knees I looked so far I forgot one thing Who was hearing Everything Hide and seek Hide and seek Looking for the One Who’s looking through me Every road Every street Spirit playing Hide and seek I searched the heavens High and deep Never noticed Who could see Then something smiled Behind my eyes There you are There you’ve been The whole damn time Ready or not I found Me
