My vision's clouded by a thousand doubts tonight
The air I breathe feels heavy in my lungs
My heart is shrouded by a cool dull ache inside
As I cast a vacant stare up to the sky

I'm looking for an answer, I want more than just all right
I want more than half a feeling that I'll make it through the night
I want more than just a shadow; I want breathing flesh and bone
So I'm trusting in your promise that I don't have to be alone

Would you take my sunken eyes and help me see?
Would you fill me with a power greater than the air I breathe?
I want to speak your name until the weight is lifted.
Would you sing to me an easy melody?

Emmanuel, Emmanuel
We want a hope that's even greater than the storybooks can tell.
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
It's the sound of freedom breaking in--
It's God with us to dwell

Night is falling on blank pages and blank walls
It buries every single song I write
And the rain keeps falling, pouring down on every side
The numbing rhythm leaves me paralyzed

My hope is in a question, in a man I've yet to see
And I find in songs unwritten, that I find a sweet release
It's not how I imagined, not some simple, happy end
But it's one who knows the ache I feel--a savior and a friend

He takes my sunken eyes to help me see
He fills me with a power greater than the air I breathe
When I speak his name I feel the weight is lifted.
He fills me with an easy melody

Emmanuel, Emmanuel
We want a hope that's even greater than the storybooks can tell.
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
It's the sound of freedom breaking in--
It's God with us to dwell