I watched a friend ruin his marriage, hurt his kids, and lose his job before finally admitting he was an addict.
I met a girl in India who had nothing but still said she was “so very happy” because she had God.
I started crying a lot in the shower.
My Uncle Joel’s cancer came back.
This is the stuff a new song is made of: the kind of song you don’t try to write, that you can’t stop writing. For the last six months or so I’ve been sitting down at the piano a few times a week and slipping into the skin of an addict, his wife, a girl in the slums of Kolkata or a good man with a bad prognosis and talking to God for them. And I end up talking to him for myself too.
We’re all in this song, convinced by our very different circumstances of the same humbling truth: We have nothing, can do nothing and are nothing without God. Oddly, it feels better than you’d think to be at the end of a rope like this.
It’s missing a verse still, but it’s close. I’m hoping to finish it up on the plane tomorrow morning. I’m heading into the studio at the end of the month to record this simple little song. Hope it gives you words to say to God when you need them.
I’VE GOT YOU
Words & Music by Shaun GrovesI’ve got nothing in my hands to part these waves
Got nothing in my bank account that saves
Got no more might left to muscle through
Oh, but I’ve got You
I’ve got YouGot demons gathered ’round, oh laugh it up
Spreading doubts a plenty I can drink this cup
Got no one left who thinks I’ll make it through
Oh, but I’ve got You
I’ve got You
Ron says:
Well, please write and record SOMETHING as “Twilight” and “White flag” … well … let’s just say it is possible to wear out a CD after all. You realize, of course, that even Jennifer Knapp has come back. And she’s a giiiiiirl.
Shaun Groves says:
Nicely played.
NancyTyler says:
On the drive home from church yesterday I was hit with the overwhelming sense that I needed to be praying more intently for your songwriting. I’m with ya. Keep writing!
Shaun Groves says:
Thank you, Nancy.
Gaetano Buffa says:
This song was powerful when you sang it last night. The details of the little girl who inspired some of the lyrics was moving.. Looking forward to hearing this song produced… and believing that the world will grasp and hold onto the simple, yet way too often overlooked, message… -G
Rebecca says:
Can’t tell you how true those words ring today, and how much of a needed reminder they are. Thank you for sharing. will be praying for you and your family.
jason says:
Awesome lyrics, Shaun. Can’t wait to hear the final product.
JLI says:
More, please. It’s a very dark, lonely, lost time when you have lost so much but don’t yet realize that you have gained God. Such is the case with my husband. If the Lord has heard one, He’s heard a hundred prayers for my husband. Such a simple piece you have here, but it’s so true.
Kelly @ Love Well says:
Sing the truth, my friend. Sounds like Psalm 73 to me.
lorenkmiller says:
I’ve got boulders in my path, I can’t see around
Got voices in my head sayin’ “just turn around”
Don’t know what to do, still trying to get through
Oh but I’ve got you
I’ve got you
Lisa @ The Preacher's Wife says:
Lovely. Have a dear friend who lost her 39 year old husband to a rare brain disease just today. She needs simple truth right now and this screams it in a whisper.
Rhonda says:
My how we can all relate. Thank you for sitting down and writing it.
Liz says:
Looking forward to hearing this one finished. Sounds beautiful!