Mercy River
Mercy River will sail you away to bright places. Performing songs such as “Lightgiver” and “You Make Us Want to Sing,” this new group and their self-titled debut are vivid and harmonic, rhythmic yet serene.
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Track List:
- You Make Us Want to Sing
- Mercy River
- Light Giver
- Go Climb That Mountain
- Free
- The Shepherd’s Road
- Every Voice
- The Flute
- Sailing Home to You
- The Robe
Lyrics:
Go Climb That Mountain (Jenny Phillips/Tyler Castleton) Every time you cast your eyes on that mountain It seems the peaks reach further than the skies But that mountain was made for your feet And there’s one who has always believed In your journey … soGo climb that mountain Go climb that mountain If you start with willing feet You can conquer anything Set your feet on that road and go Go climb that mountain
Trust that God has sent you here with the power To conquer things that seem beyond your reach It’s not going to move on its own But you don’t have to do it alone He is with you … so
Chorus Every Voice (Jenny Phillips/Tyler Castleton) Everybody clap your hands together Everybody stand upon your feet Everybody make your voices heard There’s a secret we can’t keep
Everybody clap your hands together Everybody stand upon your feet Everybody make your voices heard There’s a secret we can’t keep
As one voice we stand together Across the world every light is seen Sisters unite and share His joy Shout together Every voice
We are mothers and we’re daughters We are sisters and we’re friends We are children of a Father Who created us like Him
We are living in the cities We’re on the isles of the sea We are spread across the nations But we’re all in unity
As one voice we stand together Across the light every light is seen Sisters unite and share His joy Shout together Every voice
Free (Jenny Phillips/Tyler Castleton) Far beyond the burden Of this overgrown path There are clear and open fields Of green, green grass How long has it been Since you ran in those fields of green And like a child, let go And felt your hair fly in the breeze This is how God Designed our lives to be
We’re free, we’re free To live, to live With joy, with life With love for Him So raise your hands Up to the skies We choose to let His light inside We’re free
When your hands hang down And your skies are dark When the wonder and joy Have left your heart Go and find that place Where the world is open wide Where you look into the sky And let your deepest dreams run wild We were meant to feel His goodness in this life
Chorus
The Robe (Jenny Phillips/Tyler Castleton)
Faithful woman Reached through the crowd And her hands gently touched your robe And you through your grace made her whole
Now my broken body Is fading fast And like her I’m searching through the crowds Desperate to find you somehow
And I’m reaching for that robe I know that you can make me whole But if it’s not meant to be that way If I can’t stay Then just wrap me in that robe And hold me when I go
If you call me Home to you Please help those who love me understand We are still held together by your hands
I’m reaching for that robe I know that you can make me whole But maybe in a different way If I can’t stay Then just wrap me in that robe And hold me when I go
Hold her when she goes Hold her when she goes
Sailing Home to You (Jenny Phillips) I cast my eyes on this ocean So far from home I set my sails wide open But I can’t see the end Of the horizon
Oh, Captain Lead me through this dark and misty night Back to the harbor that is filled with endless light Breath into these sails today And bid me swiftly on our way Oh, make this ocean blue As I bring this ship Home to you
This little ship On a great big journey I sail so far And pray that you’ll be near me Calm the storms I face And lead me by my faith Oh, Captain Lead me through this dark and misty night Back to the harbor that is filled with endless light Breath into these sails today And bid me swiftly on our way Oh, make this ocean blue As I bring this ship Home to you
The Flute (Jenny Phillips/Tyler Castleton) This flute sits alone Silent without you Unused Will you pick me up Place your hands upon the keys And just breathe Just breathe
I remember the melody You used to play in me We used to sing in harmony And nothing is more sweet Than the music that you bring Play your songs again in me
Holiness from your lips Fills me with your hope Every note Give me voice to sing Fill this fragile flute With your truth With your truth
I remember the melody You used to play in me We used to sing in harmony And nothing is more sweet Than the music that you bring Play your songs again in me Just breath in me Play the keys Breath in me Play the keys Let your melody flow in me
The Shepherd & His Road (Jenny Phillips/James Stevens) My eyes were set On the journey ahead Oceans to cross And mountains to climb When a quiet road caught my eye Something bid me follow So I set my feet upon that road
And it led me to still waters And rolling hills of green A Shepherd on a hillside That was reaching out to me And a prayer welled up inside my soul Slow me down today Help me not forget this place So I can come to know This Shepherd and His Road
You Make Us Wanna Sing (Jenny Phillips) We hear the rhythm of the rain We feel the swelling of the waves All things calling your name And we cannot contain Our praise today
You make us want to sing (And dance and love and live) You make us want to sing (And hope and laugh and dream) We hear your song in everything And you just make us want to sing
We hear the rustling of the trees We move with the waving wheat All things under your name And we cannot contain Our praise today
You make us want to sing (And dance and love and live) You make us want to sing (And hope and laugh and dream) We hear your song in everything And you just make us want to sing
You just make us want to sing We just want to sing, hear us sing We will spend our lives in praising you Hear us sing Hear us sing Hears us sing
You make us want to sing (And dance and love and live) You make us want to sing (And hope and laugh and dream) We hear your song in everything And you just make us want to sing
Repeat Chorus 3 more times Light Giver (Jenny Phillips) Your finger lights the dawn You pour your light upon Every rock and every tree Until we feel you in all things
Rays of heaven through the clouds Lift our eyes up from the ground It’s through your light we see You’re a lamp unto our feet
Light giver We thank you for your light We feel you in our lives Light giver In the lightning and the stars The flame inside our hearts The fire’s blaze the sunset hue The burning sun and silver moon Light giver All light testifies of you
A million torches in the sky Watch over us each night You shine upon the seas Your light stretches endlessly And through the power of your glow You give all things the chance to grow We live through you
Chorus
Mercy River (Jenny Phillips) There’s a place where water’s pure Mercy river With banks of green and silver trees Mercy river
Oh all ye that are broken This river’s always open to you Bend low and drink it in Let go and feel the water wash your skin This river is a gift To all who enter in
The water sings a song of peace Mercy river With healing in it’s harmony Mercy river
Chorus
Instrumental Bridge
Chorus Fly Away (Jenny Phillips/James Stevens)
You dream You hope to be so many things But every star feels out of reach to you
You pray To be something more today Just hold on to a spark of faith And believe
You have wings Put there by God And He holds dreams for you Bigger than you thought Maybe His plans are just more grand Maybe He’s waiting for you to take His hand And have the faith To fly away
(fly away, fly away, fly high)
If you try If you turn your head up to the sky There’s no doubt that you will find Your strength
Chorus
(fly away, fly away, fly high) Go Climb That Mountain (Jenny Phillips/Tyler Castleton) Every time you cast your eyes on that mountain It seems the peaks reach further than the skies But that mountain was made for your feet And there’s one who has always believed In your journey … so
Go climb that mountain Go climb that mountain If you start with willing feet You can conquer anything Set your feet on that road and go Go climb that mountain
Trust that God has sent you here with the power To conquer things that seem beyond your reach It’s not going to move on its own But you don’t have to do it alone He is with you … so
Chorus
Every Voice (Jenny Phillips/Tyler Castleton) Everybody clap your hands together Everybody stand upon your feet Everybody make your voices heard There’s a secret we can’t keep
Everybody clap your hands together Everybody stand upon your feet Everybody make your voices heard There’s a secret we can’t keep
As one voice we stand together Across the world every light is seen Sisters unite and share His joy Shout together Every voice
We are mothers and we’re daughters We are sisters and we’re friends We are children of a Father Who created us like Him
We are living in the cities We’re on the isles of the sea We are spread across the nations But we’re all in unity
As one voice we stand together Across the light every light is seen Sister unite and share His joy Shout together Every voice
