WHO YOU ARE LYRICS-NICHOLE NORDEMAN

WHO YOU ARE LYRICS

By: NICHOLE NORDEMAN

I was certain that I knew You 
At the tender age of twelve 
You'd so often been described by those 
Who said they knew You well 
Dark and rugged in Your thirties 
With a smile as bright as Your robe

Every teacher, every preacher 
With the very best intent 
Found new ways to hide the mystery 
Replaced by common sense 
And to know You was to keep You in my pocket 
So easy to hold

I know I can't explain You 
I would not even try to 
And yet it's clear that You are here beside me 
I marvel and I wonder 
So near and somehow still so far 
What makes You who You are?

It is easy to insist 
On what is packaged and precise 
And dismiss the clear suspicion 
That You're bigger than we'd like 
It is tempting to regard You as familiar 
In so many ways

I've tried to draw these lines around You 
A definition or an absolute 
But I could not be satisfied with black or white 
There is so much more 
There is so much You

WHO YOU ARE LYRICS-NICHOLE NORDEMAN