Verse 1:

C

You’ve built up all these walls

Fsus2/D

So high you’re stuck inside 

Fsus2                                       Fsus2/G

When will you greet the Light?

C

You’re still so much afraid

Fsus2/D

Of making a mistake 

Fsus2 Fsus2/G

And seeming a disgrace

Chorus:

C

But that’s not who you are

Csus2/E

Mistakes can only leave the scars

Fsus2/D    /E      /F                                   /G

Of where mercy kissed the place

C

So now lay all of it down 

Csus2/E

Let your stuff fall to the ground

Fsus2/D    /E     /F                                       /G

Let your wounds be met with grace

Dm9                      FM9                              /G

You are beheld as good in the Lover’s Gaze

Verse 2:

C

So open up your fists

Fsus2/D

And no longer resist

Fsus                                    /G

The love He wants to give

C

This is the You He loves

Fsus/D

Not the unsoiled dove

Fsus                                    /G

You think He’s thinking of 

Chorus:

C

So now lay all of it down 

Csus2/E

Let your stuff fall to the ground

Fsus2/D    /E      /F                          /G

Let your wounds be met with grace

C

Let your heart be seen

Csus2/E 

And embraced by His mercy

Fsus2/D    /E      /F                         /G

In            His eyes you are worthy

Dm9                      FM9                              /G

You are beheld, secure, in the Lover’s Gaze

Transition:

Am7 dm/F em/G F/D

Bridge:

Dm7                                   

So afraid to make mistakes

Am7 /G         /F          /E

You miss the Lover’s Gaze

Dm7                                  Am7   /G    /F    /E

Upon you just as you are

Dm7

Battling your fallen state

Am7 /G         /F          /E

You fight to keep your grace

Dm7                                  Am7   /G    /F    /E

As if worth was earned that way

Dm7

But what if I were to say

C/E

He loves you just the same

Fsus2

It’s in revealing all your pain 

Gsus4

Your heart can heal from shame

Dm7

In receiving all His love

C/E

Your confidence can come

Fsus2

You’re good no matter what

Gsus4

Your worth was never lost

Dm7

So let your garments fall

C/E

Oh let Him have it all

Fsus2

To show you where you fall

Gsus4

Is where love catches all

Dm7

Into all your shame 

C/E

Now hear Him call your name

Fsus2

He stoops to lift your face

Gsus4

Now see the Lover’s Gaze

[Instrumental]

Final Chorus:

C

This is who you are

Csus2/E

The beloved, chosen heart

Fsus2/D    /E      /F                                   /G

He             has known you from the start

C

May your eyes now see

Csus2/E

This is the reality

Fsus2/D    /E    /F                                   /G

In              His love alone you’re seen

Dm9                      FM9                              /G

You are beheld as good in the Lover’s Gaze

Dm9                      FM9                              /G

You are beheld, secure, in the Lover’s Gaze

Dm9                      FM9                              /G

You are beheld; you’re held in the Lover’s Gaze