[Intro] I never stopped believing I just forgot how much I needed Your presence [Verse 1] I knew the stories, knew the verses Knew exactly when to stand Knew the songs before they started Knew the language like my hands Sunday morning felt like breathing Something I had always known I never turned my back on Heaven I just got comfortable at home Life got busy, years got faster Nothing looked especially wrong I could say that I still loved You And every word of that was honest But somewhere in all the familiar The hunger quietly grew still I knew so much about You But I forgot to seek You still [Pre-Chorus] I wasn't running I wasn't lost I just forgot what Your presence was worth [Chorus] You were always there I just stopped looking like I used to Always there While ordinary life moved through me I never lost my faith I never stopped believing You were God But I had learned to live Without needing You for every step I walked Then the ground began to move And all the comfortable disappeared And I remembered You were always here [Verse 2] Then came seasons I couldn't manage Questions I couldn't organize Things that wouldn't fit the answers I had carried all my life And suddenly the prayers got different Not because I learned new words But because I wasn't praying Just because praying should occur I needed You Not just the knowledge Not another song I'd heard I needed presence I needed closeness I needed every living word And what I thought would only break me Started waking something deep A hunger I had almost forgotten A heart that wanted more than peace [Pre-Chorus] I wasn't coming back to You You never went anywhere I was waking up To how much I wanted You there [Chorus] You were always there I just stopped looking like I used to Always there While ordinary life moved through me I never lost my faith I never stopped believing You were God But I had learned to live Without needing You for every step I walked Then the ground began to move And all the comfortable disappeared And I remembered You were always here [Bridge — stripped back] Give me the hunger I had before I knew the words Give me the wonder Before familiar made it ordinary I don't want to know Your stories And forget to seek Your face I don't want to stand inside Your house And miss Your presence in the place [Build] I want more than knowing More than songs More than Sunday morning faith If You're the treasure Then let everything in me Seek Your face [Final Chorus] You were always there Through every quiet ordinary year Always there Even when I didn't draw You near I never stopped believing But now believing isn't all I want I want to know You I want to find You I want Your presence more than comfort And if the storms were what it took To wake this hunger buried there Then through every shaking moment I found You waiting there [Outro] I never walked away I just woke up And realized I wanted more
