(Verse 1)
Why do You say you love me?
You don’t even know me.
Just stay away!
Then I heard You say..

(Chorus 1)
The days grow shorter, the nights longer.
The headstones thicken along the way;
And life grows sadder, but love grows stronger
for those who walk with Me day by day.

(Verse 2)
It matters not how straight the gate,
or how charged with punishments the scroll.
I Am the Master of your fate.
I Am the Captain of your soul.

(Chorus 1)

(Verse 3)
I have no fear, though straight the gate,
He cleared from punishment the scroll.
Christ is the Master of my fate.
Christ is the Captain of my soul.

(Chorus 2)
The days grow shorter, the nights longer.
The headstones thicken along the way;
And life grows sadder, but love grows stronger
for those who walk with Him day by day.

(Verse 4)
The stars You made come nightly to the sky;
the tidal wave to the sea.
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high
Can keep You away from me.

(Chorus 2)