Ride In The Finished Thing
THE WAVE DOES THE WORK (He Already Made the Swell)IntroBa-ba-ba… ooh… paddle out… He's already there…Verse 1I paddled hard like I could earn the ride,(bomp-bomp)tryin' to reach a God I thought I'd find outsidebut grace was rollin' 'fore I hit the shore,He wasn't at the finish, He was there at the door!(oh yeah!)ChorusSo the wave (wave!) it broke me to set me free,that love (love!) did the work for me,I quit tryin' to build what was already His,now I ride in the finished thing and rest in what it is!(new eyes, new eyes, woo!)Verse 2Down in the churn where I lost the light,(bomp-bomp)He didn't hold me under out of spiteHe was washin' off the striver, rollin' out the pride,sayin' "You were never fightin' you were Mine to guide!"(hang on!)ChorusSo the wave (wave!) it broke me to set me free,that love (love!) did the work for me,I quit tryin' to build what was already His,now I ride in the finished thing and rest in what it is!(woo-ooo!)Bridge'Cause you don't make the swell and you don't make it break,(no you don't!)the Father set it movin' all you do is takethat's kindness, not a whippin', that turned me around,a son don't earn the ocean, a son just rides it down!(rides it down, down, yeah!)Verse 3Now the same big love that spun my world(bomp-bomp)is livin' in me, breakin' every curlthe greater things He promised ain't from muscle or might,they flow from bein' held and just readin' Him right!(let it roll!)Final ChorusSo the wave (wave!) He already made the swell,that grace (grace!) man, it carries me well,I thought I had to earn it, paddle every mile,now I'm restin' in the Father and I'm ridin' with a smile!(new eyes, new eyes, woo-ooo!)OutroWas blind, now I see — His love carried me!Was blind, now I see — the swell was set free!(He already… He already… made it! yeah!)
