Ponder, Sykes & Wright - Holding Things Close Lyrics

She left like a wind 

Drove off in her car 

They stood in the driveway 

Under the star 

Somewhere they knew 

This must be more than goodbye

His debt brought me here 

They told me one day 

Would not have been long 

Had He not passed away 

How could I know that 

This was the start of my life 

Holding things close 

Letting things go 

What should we cling to 

It's so hard to know 

Hold to the love then the hope 

Because everything else is all wrong 

We keep holding things close 

And letting things go 

Run by the fakes and the hypocrites prank 

He ran from the church didn't look back for miles 

Then he me met the one that showed him 

That Jesus was real 

Holding things close 

Letting things go 

What should we cling to 

It's so hard to know 

Hold to the love then the hope 

Because everything else is all wrong 

We keep holding things close 

And letting things go 

Releasing the anger 

Releasing the fear 

Releasing the loved ones 

Who moved who moved on from here 

Holding to Jesus 

And his gentle face 

Holding the memories 

Holding the grace 

Holding things close 

Letting things go 

What should we cling to 

It's so hard to know 

Hold to the love then the hope 

Because everything else is all wrong 

We keep holding things close 

And letting things go 

We keep holding things close 

And letting things go 

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."

Jim Elliot