[Title: DON'T MAKE THE PROPHECY TRUE] [Verse 1] You keep calling love a thing that gets snatched back. You hold me like a gift already in the return stack. You watch the door in a peaceful room. You start the goodbye while I'm still in the room. If you treat me like I'm leaving— you may teach the night how to do it. [Pre-Chorus] There's a voice that says— he'll go. There's another voice that says— look unto Me. One of them builds a home. One of them burns the key. [Chorus] DON'T MAKE THE PROPHECY TRUE. If you only trust the taking, taking is all you'll see. If you want me here, stop fighting a man who hasn't left. Start believing the other voice while there's still a hand to hold. I am not the giant. I am not the thief. But I cannot live forever inside a verdict I NEVER GAVE. Don't lose me before I'm gone. DON'T MAKE THE PROPHECY TRUE. [Verse 2] I'm not asking you to be healed by morning. I'm asking you to stop treating every fear like a warning. Believe God is not an Indian giver. No variableness. No shadow of turning. If every kindness is a trap to you, you'll throw it back till the empty starts looking like proof. [Chorus] DON'T MAKE THE PROPHECY TRUE. If you only trust the taking, taking is all you'll see. If you want this chair with two people in it, let the good sit for one whole minute. Start changing how you hear me or the pattern keeps the house. I want to stay. But I will not live forever ON TRIAL for something I haven't done. Don't lose me before I'm gone. DON'T MAKE THE PROPHECY TRUE. [Long Instrumental] [Bridge] The Book says— look unto Him. The old voice says— he'll be gone. You gotta choose which voice gets to name this room. I can't believe for your nervous system. I can hold the chair. I cannot sit in it alone year after year. [Silence] God never promised that nothing on earth would change. He gave us something better— with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. [Build] HE DOES NOT TURN. [Breakdown] This is not a threat in a pretty dress. This is a man telling the truth while the room still has TWO CHAIRS. [Silence] I want to stay. I do not want to become the taking you rehearsed. So when fear says— "HE'S LEAVING"— don't punish me for a goodbye I DIDN'T SAY. When love says— "I'M HERE"— let it be here. When kindness comes— LET IT LAND. When the chair is occupied— STOP MOURNING THE EMPTY ONE. [Final Chorus] DON'T MAKE THE PROPHECY TRUE. Start believing the other voice. The One that lifts the face. The One who does not change when everything else does. NO VARIABLENESS. NO SHADOW OF TURNING. If you keep calling me gone, you can wound what's still here. Look at me— I AM STILL HERE. TONIGHT— I AM STILL HERE. Don't lose me before I'm gone. Don't make the prophecy true. [Long Instrumental Outro] [Outro] They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. [Silence] Believe the Voice that does not turn. JESUS IS THE LORD.
