A blank canvas, a barren page
A pen unmoving, a hand unswayed

Words flow from the mind of the Writer
Life comes from the pen of the Writer
Words flow from the mind of the Writer
Life comes from the pen of the Writer

The Writer writes and a heartbeat starts
A new light invades the dark
The ink from His pen draws the form of men
His words can make us born again
He is the Author of life... amen

A newborn life, a precious soul
A story unfolding, a plot untold

My life was in the Writer's hand
My days marked out before they began
My life was in the Writer's hand
I was living out His plan

The Writer writes and a heartbeat starts
A new light invades the dark
The ink from His pen draws the form of men
His words can make us born again
He is the Author of life... but then

I don't want be a part of Your story!
I want my own hopes, my own dreams!
I don't want You to get all the glory!
I'm tired of You making a puppet out of me!

And somewhere inside came alive
A ravenous beast thirsting for life
A black-hole hunger with a wicked goal
“I must rise against the Writer's control!

So I’ll step up…
My life will be in my control!
I’ll take the reins…
Power is everything that I hold!

Now You can’t take this away from me!
No, I will control my destiny!
You thought You had me in Your strings
But now I will live like a king
Oh, you pulled one over on me then!
But now I’ll hold the pen!!

Ev'ry day I try to find my way out I know He's always with me
How can I escape His eyes? I must get away while He cannot see
I must flee.

Ev'ry day I try to find my way out I know He's always with me
How can I escape His eyes? I must get away while He cannot see
Mutiny… MUTINY!!
But His eyes saw me!! RUN!!

I was running from life's Lord
Hiding away with a sharp sword
Hoping His face I could ignore
Trapped behind this locked door

“Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.” - Jeremiah 23:24

I'll finally escape His story
I'll find the key to glory
No rules to thwart my vict'ry
Master of my destiny

“And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.” - Romans 1:28

Filled with anguish, filled with sin
I thought this would make my existence begin
Filled with anguish, filled with sin
Looks like I'm running to You again...

The Writer writes and a heartbeat starts
A new light invades the dark
The ink from His pen draws the form of men
His words can make us born again
He is the Author of life...
Amen… amen…
Amen