Parched

I got a cup beside my bed

Another one beside the sink

Funny, I can drown myself

And still feel like I need a drink

I tried applause, I tried a crowd

I tried a little more success

Every time I filled it up

It somehow tasted like less

So I keep going back

To the same old wells

Throw the bucket down

And tell myself

Maybe one more drink

Maybe one more drop

Maybe if I fill this cup

The wanting finally stops

But I've been drinking all my life

Tell me, how am I still parched

Maybe thirst was never in my throat

Maybe it was in my heart

I know a hundred ways to run

Without ever leaving home

I can fill up every quiet space

So I never feel alone

I've tasted everything they said

Would make an empty person whole

But temporary water

Doesn't do much for a soul

Still I keep going back

To the same old wells

Knowing what they are

And fooling myself

Maybe one more drink

Maybe one more drop

Maybe if I fill this cup

The wanting finally stops

But I've been drinking all my life

Tell me, how am I still parched

Maybe thirst was never in my throat

Maybe it was in my heart

Then You met me by the water

Like You knew I'd come around

You didn't ask me what I'd carried

You just asked me to put it down

Said, You can keep on drawing

From a well that leaves you dry

Or I can give you living water

And you'll never thirst inside

I don't need one more drink

From another empty well

I've spent my whole life trying

What could never save itself

I was drinking all my life

Still wondering why I was parched

Then I found the Living Water

Was a Person, not a cup

And He knew me from the start

Yeah, the thirst was in my heart

All those wells I wandered to

Never knew my name

Living Water found me thirsty

And I haven't been the same