Asleep In The Light by Keith Green

May 18, 2007

Asleep In The Light by Keith Green is a song that will challenge you to reach people for Jesus.

Listen to it here and read the lyrics below. I hope this song blesses and moves you like it does me.

Find Asleep In The Light on these Keith Green Albums:

	The Ultimate Collection, Compact Disc [CD] By Keith Green / Emi Cmg Distribution Rediscover Keith Green’s music for the first time. It’s been over 20 years since the tragic death of Keith Green. But the impact of his career lives on. Now for the first time, all of Keith Green’s greatest songs are available on one album. Share Keith Green’s passion for Christ by passing along his music and this 1 hour DVD (free with purchase) along to a new generation that is passionate about Christ.
	The Ministry Years, Volume 1, Compact Disc [CD] By Keith Green / Emi Cmg DistributionIntroducing the re-release of a classic! New liner notes and the electronic text of Green’s best-selling biography, No Compromise, accompany 38 songs from the pioneer of contemporary Christian music. Highlights include “Asleep in the Light” and “Thank You, Jesus.” Two-CD boxed set.
	No Compromise, Compact Disc [CD] By Keith Green / Emi Cmg Distribution

Asleep In The Light — Lyrics

Do you see, do you see,
All the people sinking down?
Don’t you care, don’t you care,
Are you gonna let them drown?
How can you be so numb,
Not to care if they come?
You close your eyes
And pretend the job’s done.

Oh bless me Lord, bless me Lord,
You know it’s all I ever hear.
No one aches, no one hurts,
No one even sheds one tear.
But He cries, He weeps, He bleeds,
And He cares for your needs.
And you just lay back
And keep soaking it in.

Oh can’t you see it’s such sin?
‘Cause He brings people to your door
And you turn them away
As you smile and say,
“God bless you be at peace.”
And all heaven just weeps
‘Cause Jesus came to your door
You’ve left Him out on the streets

Open up, open up,
And give yourself away.
You see the need, you hear the cries,
So how can you delay?
God’s calling, and you’re the one,
But like Jonah, you run.
He’s told you to speak,
But you keep holding it in.

Oh can’t you see it’s such a sin?
The world is sleeping in the dark,
That the church just can’t fight,
‘Cause it’s asleep, in the light.
How can you be so dead
When you’ve been so well fed?
Jesus rose from the grave,
And you you can’t even get out of bed!
Oh, Jesus rose from the dead,
Come on get out of your bed!

How can you be so numb,
Not to care if they come?
You close your eyes,
And pretend the job’s done.
You close your eyes,
And pretend the job’s done.
Don’t close your eyes,
Don’t pretend the job’s done.

Come away, come away, come away,
With Me my love.
Come away, from this mess,
Come away, with Me my love.

By: Keith Green

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