Don't Want To Leave / I Still Love You

Israel Houghton opens from inside a moment someone doesn't want to end: "don't want to leave this holy place, don't want to miss the smile on Your face, right where You are I long to be, safe in Your arms with You telling me that everything will be all right."

"Heal my infirmity, and You restored every shattered dream, You're the song when I cannot sing, You're the words when I cannot speak" names specific kinds of brokenness rather than staying general, echoing Paul's description of God as the source of all comfort.

The song's second half shifts from the singer's voice to God's, answering the opening plea directly: "I have seen your tears, and I know your fears, but I still love you... doesn't matter what you've done, or if you're hiding, doesn't matter if you run, my light's still shining."

"And I've carved you with my hands" borrows Isaiah's image of a name engraved on God's own palms, closing the song's back-and-forth with the one line that answers every fear raised in the verses before it — not spoken to God this time, but from Him.