Skyscraper

(Verse 1)
I built my life on a patch of ground,
With bricks of pride and a sight unbound.
I reached for glory, I chased the sky,
Thought I could touch it if I climbed high.
But the wind it howled, and the foundation shook,
Every floor I added, a harder look,
At the world below me, so cold and small
The higher I rose, the further I’d fall.

(Chorus)
Oh, build me a skyscraper, Lord, to Your name,
Not made with my hands, nor lit by my flame.
Let my prayer be the steel, my faith be the stone,
And let my heart be a throne for You alone.
I'm reaching not for heaven, I know where You are,
You're the roof over my head, my morning star.
So tear down my towers, let the rubble fall,
And make me a temple, the tallest of all.

(Verse 2)
The architects of this world they boast,
Of glittering glass and a silver ghost.
But their towers tumble, their spires bend,
They have no power that will not end.
I lay my blueprint down at Your feet,
Your sanctuary is humble and sweet.
A mustard seed faith, a cracked clay jar
Is more to You than who we are.

(Chorus)
Oh, build me a skyscraper, Lord, to Your name,
Not made with my hands, nor lit by my flame.
Let my prayer be the steel, my faith be the stone,
And let my heart be a throne for You alone.
I'm reaching not for heaven, I know where You are,
You're the roof over my head, my morning star.
So tear down my towers, let the rubble fall,
And make me a temple, the tallest of all.

(Bridge)
For You do not dwell in temples made by man,
You ride on the wings of the wind's command.
You stoop to the lowly, You hear the cry,
Of the one who dares not look to the sky,
But looks to the cross where the sky went black,
And the Son of Man never looked back.
He tore the veil, He split the ground,
And raised up a new kind of holy ground.

(Final Chorus)
So build me a skyscraper, Lord, to Your grace,
Where the elevator is mercy, the view is Your face.
Let my praise be the glass that catches the light,
And my love be the girders holding tight.
I'm reaching not for heaven, I know where You are,
You're the pillar of fire, the bright and morning star.
So tear down my ruins, let the old self fall,
And raise up a temple, the tallest of all.
The tallest of all... the tallest of all.

(Outro)
Not my will, but Yours be done...
The highest tower is the Holy One…