submitted by Aaron Decker (axd139@psu.edu)
     www.personal.psu.edu/axd139


Intro :  C#m   B    E   A

C#m    B     E          A
  When I was young, the smallest trick of
C#m         B        E        A
light could catch my eye then life
C#m   B       E         A     C#m          B       E   A
  was new and every new day I thought that I could fly
C#m   B         E      A         C#m      B        E         A
  I believed in what I hoped for,   and I hoped in things unseen
C#m     B         E            A    C#m      B               E
  I had wings and dreams could soar,  I just don't feel like flying
   A
anymore

F#m                    E
  When the stars threw down their spears,
F#m              E
  watered heaven with their tears
F#m      E                 F#m      Abm
  before words were spoken, before eternity

C#m    B      E    A       C#m     B          E         A
  Dear Father,  I need You,  Your strength my heart to mend.
C#m B       E     A     C#m  B       E    A
  I want to   fly higher,  every new day again
C#m   B    E   A  (4X)

C#m    B     E          A                C#m       B      E          A
  When I was small, the furthest I could reach was not so high, Then I
C#m           B         E       A       C#m        B       E   A
  thought the world was so much smaller,   feeling I could fly
F#m               E               F#m        E
  Through distant deeps and skies,  behind infinity,
F#m        E              F#m           Abm
 Below the face of Heaven, He stoops to create me.

C#m    B      E    A       C#m     B          E         A
  Dear Father,  I need You,  Your strength my heart to mend.
C#m B       E     A     C#m  B       E    A
  I want to   fly higher,  every new day again
C#m   B    E   A  (4X)

C#m   F#m  (2X)
C#m                                 F#m
 Man versus himself.  Man versus machine.
                                       C#m
Man versus the world.   Mankind versus me.
                                  F#m
The struggles go on, the wisdom I lack,
                              B
The burdens keep piling on my back.
        			     E
So hard to breathe, to take the next step.
				    B
The mountain is high, I wait in the depths.
				   E
Yearning for grace, and hoping for peace
     B
Dear God increase

E   B        Abm          C#m   B      A       E            F#m  B
Healing hands of God have mercy on our unclean souls once again
E  B        Abm            C#m   B      A          E       F#m
Jesus Christ, light of the world buring bright within our hearts
   B
forever
E   B    Abm        C#m     B      A       E       F#m           B
 Freedom means love without condition, without a beginning or an end
E        B         Abm          C#m  B  A
  Here's my heart, let it be forev - er Your's
     E             F#m          B
only You can make every new day seem so new
 E   B   Abm    C#m    B    A    E    F#m     B  (2X)