Bring Me Back To The Altar

[Intro]

[Organ swell

3 seconds

Then piano enters]

Mmm

Yeah

[Verse 1]

I was running on empty

Sunday suit but a hollow heart

Smiled wide at the doorway

But I cracked when the singing started

Old deacon in the front row

Eyes closed

Still swaying slow

I felt a tremble in my chest

Like somebody calling me home

[Chorus]

Bring me back to the altar

Where my knees first hit that floor

Where the roof felt like it opened

And I knew what grace was for

Bring me back to the altar

Hands up

I surrender it all

Choir clappin'

Saints all shoutin'

'Til the chains on my heart fall

[Verse 2]

Mother Jones in her white robe

Humming low on the second pew

Said

"Baby

You look so tired

Let Him carry the weight for you"

Then that old-time rhythm

Clapped twice and the room caught fire

Every "amen" like thunder

Every tear like a baptizing choir (oh yeah)

[Chorus]

Bring me back to the altar

Where my knees first hit that floor

Where the roof felt like it opened

And I knew what grace was for

Bring me back to the altar

Hands up

I surrender it all

Choir clappin'

Saints all shoutin'

'Til the chains on my heart fall

[Bridge]

I’ve been chasing every shadow

Every shortcut

Every road

But I can’t outrun that mercy

Or the sound of that old hymn’s glow

So if I drift

If I wander

If I forget what saved my soul

Call my name from that front row

‘Til I come running

Running home (hey!)

[Chorus]

Bring me back to the altar

Where my knees first hit that floor

Where the roof felt like it opened

And I knew what grace was for

Bring me back to the altar

Hands up

I surrender it all

Choir clappin'

Saints all shoutin'

'Til the chains on my heart fall

[Outro]

[Organ swell

Choir humming]

Bring me back

Bring me back

To the altar

Lord

I’m coming home