Lyrics
Verse 1
So here we are
Here we stand
We raise our songs
We raise our hands
It's not for ourselves
It's our only plea
Yea let our worship burn in response to thee
Verse 2
So here we are
Here we stand
We raise our songs
We raise our hands
It's not for ourselves
It's our only plea
Yea let our worship burn in response to thee
Chorus
Show us love that we can't keep silent
Cleansing love that won't leave us the same
Take our love that tries to protect us
Give us love for the glory of Your name
Verse 3
By grace we wait
And hope we stand
With broken hearts
And empty hands
Come draw near us now
You're all we need
Yea let our hearts cry out as we long for thee
Chorus
Show us love that we can't keep silent
Cleansing love that won't leave us the same
Take our love that tries to protect us
Give us love for the glory of Your name
Bridge
How long and high and deep and wide's Your love (echo)
How long and high and deep and wide's Your love
How long and high and deep and wide's Your love (echo)
How long and high and deep and wide's Your love
Chorus
Show us love that we can't keep silent
Cleansing love that won't leave us the same
Take our love that tries to protect us
Give us love for the glory of Your name
Come draw near us now
You're all we need
Give us love
Your name
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Come Away My Love is a congregational-style worship song built on the picture of people standing before God with raised songs and hands. It states that the praise is not for the singers' own sake, and it asks that worship burn as a response to God.
The verses describe waiting by grace with "broken hearts and empty hands," an image of people who bring nothing to offer except their need. The chorus asks for a love that cannot stay silent, that cleanses, and that gives up self-protection for the glory of God's name.
The bridge repeats "How long and high and deep and wide's Your love," a phrase that closely follows Paul's prayer in Ephesians 3:18-19 about grasping the dimensions of Christ's love. The song uses that language as a closing confession and ends on the request for love and the glory of the divine name. Its tone stays humble and reliant throughout, with grace named as the reason for approaching God at all.
Related Scripture
- Ephesians 3:18-19 Paul prays that believers grasp the width, length, height and depth of Christ's love.
- Psalm 115:1 The psalm gives glory to God's name rather than to the worshippers.