[Intro: brief signature concert flute melody, delicate acoustic guitar and piano] [Verse 1: intimate female lead] Twelve years counting every door Coins and hope upon the floor Then a whisper crossed the square Jesus Christ was walking there I pulled my shawl around my face Found the road and found my place Every step my body swayed Still I reached for Him that day [Pre-Chorus: gentle lift] Through the dust and crowded street I could barely find my feet With the last of all my strength I reached beyond my fear [Chorus: warm soaring melody, restrained drums] Only a hem away From the hope I couldn't name I reached for just a thread He called me daughter instead In the middle of that crowd Love would not let me stay bowed I thought I'd disappear But He saw me standing here [Short concert flute response] [Verse 2: bass and strings gently enter] There a father watched and prayed While I told how I'd been saved Then a voice cut through the air Said his child was past all care Jesus turned toward his face Fear would not decide her fate So we watched them take that road With a hope I'd come to know [Chorus: fuller, emotional but controlled] Only a hem away From the hope I couldn't name I reached for just a thread He called me daughter instead In the middle of that crowd Love would not let me stay bowed I thought I'd disappear But He saw me standing here [Bridge: piano and exposed vocal only] Father, how I missed a place Where I could rest without my shame All those nights I cried alone Longing to be welcomed home Then Your Son looked in my eyes And called the daughter back to life [Final Chorus: full strings, soaring female lead, flute countermelody] Only a hem away From the hope I couldn't name I reached for just a thread He called me daughter instead Down the road, that little girl Rose to meet her father's world Two daughters held so dear And the love that brought us here [Outro: intimate sung ending] I reached for just a thread He called me daughter instead [Brief concert flute resolution, definite end]
