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Till You're All I See

by Seth Davey

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jasonrich222 Such a deep, honest and theologically sound piece of art that exemplifies the wonder of God’s grace and mercy in the lives of ungrateful sinners. Thank you for this, Seth. May God be magnified.

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Ian Lund Thank you for this. Now I actually feel excited about going to church tomorrow.
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Lyrics: You don't need my songs - You see through my Sunday best You don't need my works to compliment Your righteousness You don't need my words - my poetry does not impress You, God. You don't need my faith - You still move despite my doubt You don't need my voice - the rocks and trees are crying out You don't need my love - that's not what this is all about, Oh God. It's hard to face this But when I see Your face I see what grace is It's a glorious disgrace That You would condescend to love me You would condescend to love me. When You're the Author of all the good I've every done And all I offer is borrowed breath from borrowed lungs But You still condescend to love me You still condescend to love me. Without Your breath in my lungs Without Your words on my tongue Without Your voice speaking all things. Without Your blood in my heart Without Your cross as my mark Without Your love in the offering. Without Your breath in my lungs Without Your words on my tongue Without Your voice speaking all things. Without Your blood in my heart Without Your cross as my mark Without Your love I am nothing. (c) Seth Davey
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Lord, Your works are manifold for all to see Your beauty is displayed through every strand The heights, the depths, the threads within Your tapestry Are woven in the palm of Your good hand. So what is man that You would give us any thought? Our glory withers like the grass on desert hills. You've watched in sorrow all the idols that our hands so long have wrought. It makes no sense that You would love us even still. You know our frame You know that we are dust You see our wretchedness Yet you redeem us. You bore the shame You bore the wrath for us You are our righteousness Oh precious Jesus. The thorns, the stripes, the cross, the spikes our hands prepared We've proved our condemnation o'er and o'er But still You bled from foot to head a river there That washes all our stains forevermore. So what is man that You would choose to stoop so low? Exchange Your glory for our pitiful facade? Love so deep that You'd endure our mocking kiss and hateful blows And reconcile our sinful souls again to God. You know our frame You know that we are dust You see our wretchedness Yet you redeem us. You bore the shame You bore the wrath for us You are our righteousness Oh precious Jesus. I will never understand why You would suffer at our hands Why You would take my death for me to free me from the Law's demands And I can't sing it loud enough or long enough But I can sing with all I am: Worthy is the Lamb!
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I raise my voice and cry "Oh God, You have my heart" the same voice I use to curse the things You've made I raise my hands and cry with passion "How great Thou art" the same hands that fashioned idols yesterday and You're not fooled You see how pitiful my heart is but You still love regardless I lift my eyes to heaven in hopes I'll catch another glimpse the same eyes I turned away from my neighbor's need I offer my time and money without thought of the expense but the offering plate can't cover up my greed and You're not fooled You see how pitiful my heart is but You still love regardless and I'm the fool cuz I see how beautiful Your love is but I keep loving like this and woe is me I'm a man of unclean lips and You've got scars on both Your wrists from my betrayal each day I bring a hundred wounds with every kiss the fruit of Cain I intermix with lambs of Abel so why am I still welcomed here at Your table? Oh God it's still confounding that grace is still abounding for thirty years and counting You've been by my side so till I take my last breath and run with laughter past death may all the days I have left be pleasing in Your sight. (c) Seth Davey
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Some days I feel abandoned others it seems like I'm Your only child Some days my faith walks wounded others it laughs and it runs and runs for miles all the while... You carry me through all the highs and lows You're always there for me in ways I could never know Some days I go through motions others I'm moved by joy I can't explain Some days the cross incumbers others it opens a door to new terrain all the same... You carry me through all the highs and lows You're always there with me in ways I could never know You still carry me through all the stands and falls You're always there for me even before I call My grandmother, who suffered immensely through various diseases, was a hero of faith for me. I'll never forget the image of her sitting by lamplight, magnifying glass pressed between her eye and her large-print bible, toiling to read each word. She was a hero of faith to me and so many others, and I miss my conversations with her. One day she told me, "Seth, some days I feel abandoned by God; other days I feel like I'm His only child." The profundity of that line can't be overstated. It's a transparent confession that I feel more and more the older I get. Thanks be to God for loving us in spite of our lack of love. He is faithful even when we are faithless. He is moving even when we can't see Him. Lyrics: Some days I feel abandoned others it seems like I'm Your only child Some days my faith walks wounded others it laughs and it runs and runs for miles all the while... You carry me through all the highs and lows You're always there for me in ways I could never know Some days I go through motions others I'm moved by joy I can't explain Some days the cross incumbers others it opens a door to new terrain all the same... You carry me through all the highs and lows You're always there with me in ways I could never know I'm just a deaf man trying to hear I'm just a proud man learning to fear I'm just a proselyte You welcomed here by Your grace I'm just a beggar in Your hand-me-downs I'm just an infant that's crawling around I'm just a handful of dust from the ground that You raised But You're still a Father when I'm on the run You're still a Savior despite what I've done You're still a Healer when I'm overcome by the miles You're still the Giver who keeps my hands full You're still the Shepherd who walks in my wool You're still the Love that's been unbreakable all the while. (c) Seth Davey
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Seconds slip right through my hands hard to hold as grains of sand dust to dust the life of man what's it really for? The only things of consequence are seconds when I catch a glimpse of Heaven in the present tense a glimpse of what's in store Till You're all I see all to me till the walls of faith give way Till You're all I see all to me till You call me home to stay Preacher says I'll get a crown be dressed inside a kingly gown and then I'll throw my trophies down before Your worthy feet But I don't want a crown of gold it wasn't gold that bought my soul just let my eyes at last behold the eyes that pitied me (c) Seth Davey
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released February 18, 2017

Artwork by Emanuela Ntamack.

Mixed and mastered by John Plymale (Overdub Lane Studio)

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Seth Davey Raleigh, North Carolina

Seth Davey is the former singer and pianist of the Raleigh-based band Attalus (Facedown Records).

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