(This is dedicated to my cousin, Leslie. I love you…)
I cry out for help in my need
Salty tears stinging
I feel my heart bleed
Alone in my anguish
Strangled by pain
From the depths of my soul
I’m calling your name…
CHORUS 1
Can you hear me?
Are you near me?
Tell me you love me and I’m in your hands
That you hold the answers I can’t understand
I can’t see you
But I need you
Can I reach out and touch your sweet face?
Feel the warmth of your loving embrace?
Oh please. Jesus, please….
Can you hear me?
When doubt and despair settle in
When I’m gripped by the fear
That lives deep within
Sorrow has had its way
My soul is dry
I look to the heavens
And heave a deep sigh….
CHORUS 1
Can you hear me?
Are you near me?
Tell me you love me and I’m in your hands
That you hold the answers I can’t understand
I can’t see you
But I need you
Can I reach out and touch your sweet face?
Feel the warmth of your loving embrace?
Oh please. Jesus, please….
Can you hear me?
Up on a cross you were nailed
Bearing the burden
Of all that I’d failed
Broken and bleeding
You took all my pain
My sin and my guilt
Then you whispered my name…saying,
CHORUS 2
Can you hear me?
Please come near me.
Let me tell you I love you and you’re in my hands
That I hold the answers you can’t understand
I can see you
I can free you
Let me wipe the tears from your sweet face
Feel the warmth of my loving embrace
Oh please. child, please….
Can you hear me?
