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Your Word Is Life To Me
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Aug 7, 2026 updated
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Travis Cottrell's song 'Your Word Is Life To Me' expresses a deep longing for God's Word as essential nourishment and truth. The lyrics describe feeling like a stranger in the world, thirsty for God's voice, and desperate to know Him more. The song emphasizes the power of God's Word to break chains and bring freedom, and it references the biblical image of God's Word as a lamp and light. It's a worshipful declaration of dependence on Scripture and a prayer for refinement through God's holy fire.
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I am a stranger in this place
This world is not my home
I want more than it can give
I am a desert needing rain
I'm thirsty for Your voice
The very reason that I live
You are the Word, my one desire
And all consuming Holy fire
The very breath that I am longing for
My heart is desperate for Your ways
Refine me in Your holy blaze
If that is what it takes to know You more
You are the Truth that sets me free
Your word is life to me
Only the power of Your Word
Can melt away these chains
That have held me far too long
So light the fire and let it burn
These shackles and restraints
And I will sing this freedom song
You are the Word, my one desire
And all consuming Holy fire
The very breath that I am longing for
My heart is desperate for Your ways
Refine me in Your holy blaze
If that is what it takes to know You more
You are the Truth that sets me free
Your word is life to me
Lamp unto my feet, light unto my path
Shine, shine on
Lamp unto my feet, light unto my path
Shine, shine on
Lamp unto my feet, light unto my path
Shine, shine on
Lamp unto my feet, light unto my path
Shine, shine on
You are the Word, my one desire
And all consuming Holy fire
The very breath that I am longing for
My heart is desperate for Your ways
Refine me in Your holy blaze
If that is what it takes to know You more
You are the Truth that sets me free
Your word is life to me