Awaken the Dawn

I get stuck in this apathy In sin that has weighed me down Or I toil like a farmer in the field But all I yield is dirt I roll toward the wall in sleep Denying the morning hour The night is gone but I've been sleeping in I need the strength to rise Awake my soul Awake my fire within Awake my slumber Oh let me sing again The heavens praise You My praise joins in their verse Awake my song Lord I will awaken the dawn My fire weakens at the breath Of rain clouds far in the West One drop and it hisses out in smoke My human strength succumbs My weakness is evident In failures of my own strength You wait for me to cry out from below Awake my soul Awake my fire within Awake my slumber Oh let me sing again The heavens praise You My praise joins in their verse Awake my song Lord I will awaken I can't shake this stupor and this sleep There's a lullaby that's drugging me Help me rise so I can sing And every time I think that I'm awake There's a drowsiness I can't escape I'm begging now for chains to break Awake my soul Awake my fire within Awake my slumber Oh let me sing again The heavens praise you My praise joins in their verse Awake my song Lord I will awaken the dawn