Michael Card - The Edge lyrics

Most of us will never know How dark this world can seem When life becomes more nightmare than a dream So to all of you who have survived A visit to the edge I trust that you will understand this pledge Chorus: I promise I will always leave The darkness for the light I swear by all that's holy I will not give up the fight I'll drink down d**h like water Before I ever come again To that dark place where I might make The choice for life to end I've found that as I travelled Through the inscape of my land That mountaintops make valleys in between And when that nameless sadness Like a cloud comes over me I look back on all the brightness I have seen CHORUS Bridge: I realize that though my world Might seem so torn apart Most often it is joy that breaks the heart And that I am the richest man Though I must beg for bread For the very One who might condemn Has called me friend instead CHORUS I will always leave the darkness for the light I will not give up the fight