You Have To Be There

I cannot say it better than the lyrics already do. Thank you, Benny and Björn from ABBA, for this emotional cry that I can belt out in all the unprofessional bellowing of my soul since it is written, like most of the ABBA songs, in a range that I can reach.

You Have To Be There
You have banished me
From the land where I was born
Here upon a foreign shore, forsaken
I have followed you and done thy way
Should I kneel to you?
When I rise, you strike me down
Once again, a little one you've taken
Everywhere I turn it's darker still

What is it Lord that you want
And that I am not seeing?
What in my innocent prayers
Am I failing to say?
Never before have I questioned the truth of your being
Never once have I dared
Never until today

All of a tremble
I stand on the edge of confusion
Who is to save me
If into the darkness I fall?
Now that I need more than ever my God to be near me
Do you hear when I call?
Are you there after all?

You have to be there, you have to
My life I have placed in thy keep
And without you I am drifting on a dark and rising sea
You have to be there, you have to
Without you I'd drown in the deep
Too far, too far from land
The waters drag me down

I reach for your hand

Who when I die will throw open his arms to receive me?
Who will believe me and take me into his embrace?
When I go to my rest, who will watch me and wake me?
When my time comes at last, will you grant me your grace?
I am so small on this Earth, I am nothing without you
Daring to doubt you at all turns a knife in my heart
Little by little I'm losing my way in the shadows
I am losing my hold and the world falls apart

No, you have to be there, you have to
My life I have placed in thy keep
And without you I am drifting on a dark and rising sea
You have to be there, you have to
Without you I'd drown in the deep
Too far, too far from land
The waters drag me down
I reach for your hand

And without you I am drifting on a dark and rising sea
You have to be there, you have to
Without you I'd drown in the deep
Too far, too far from land
The waters drag me down
I reach for your hand