From the recording I Think I Like You.
Originally written in 1986, this version is an update to "Holding Out His Hand' which was featured on the Wildlive album "Gotta Start Somewhere". This song explores the theme of being lost in a world that doesn't know how to show or practice love, and yet the answer is there. Not with an agenda, not pushing a political view, but it's Jesus - simply holding out His hand, waiting for you to take it so that He can lift us out of the muck and mire we find ourselves in. In this version, I have added the bridge "It's all for you" into the lyrics to round out the overall theming of the lyric.
Lyrics
The world is old, the times are getting dark
Can you feel the beating of my heart?
Life exists, but truth is barely seen
One to another, love is what we need
Victims of the deeds of the ones who lived before
We’re pressing on, but we keep on adding more
Bad on bad can never make it good
So many things we’ve never fully understood
A light shines in the distance,
A friend holds out His hand
Holding out His hand
Holding out His hand
When life is full of chaos
And nothing like you planned
He's still holding out His hand
Holding out His hand
Too many people hanging by a thread
Suffering the lives that we’ve all led
Soldiers in a war we cannot see
There’s a battle here to set our spirits free
A light shines in the distance
A friend holds out His hand
Holding out His hand
Holding out His hand
When life is full of chaos
And it's nothing like you planned
He's still holding out His hand
Holding out His hand
It's all for you
It's all for you
He gave up His life
To see you through
It's all for you
It's all for you
Set your course
A different avenue
Holding out His hand
Holding out His hand
When life is full of chaos
And nothing like you planned
He's still holding out His hand
Holding out His hand.
Holding out His hand
Holding out His hand