Shai Linne, Ant, Evangel - As The Hour Draws Near lyrics

Our next selection finds us moving through
The corridors of a local hospital
As we enter into Room 168
We encounter Mr smith who is
Moments away from death
Let's listen in on his inner monologue:

As the hour draws near to take my last breath
I'm not quite sure how much time I have left
I'm walking the path of all
The strugglers who died
And I'm in fear of what await's
Me on the other side
As the hour draws near to take my last breath
I'm not quite sure how much time I have left
I'm walking the path of all
The strugglers who died
And I'm in fear of what await's me

Who knew that I'd be shook up
As I look up to the heavens and
See it's near with IVs hooked up?
Like secrets it was nice to be kept by Christ
Now every night's a deep sweat
From a life of regrets
The thrill is gone - was faith
Real? Not fake like silicon?
Frontin like it's "Ok" like Lil'
Jon - was spilling sobs
My will was drawn to this common façade
Lord, now I repent for each dent
In Your armor of God
Knowing this: it's Your name that we defraud
Without holiness, no one shall see the Lord
My heart I can't mask from You - don't
Wanna be a part of Your massacre
Please don't stop my cardiovascular
I hope I repped C-H-R-IS T
And sported Him so good I could
Win an Espy like Wayne Gretsky
Lord put my heart at ease, please
Before I decrease my BP
And they're saying "Clear! I need Cc's!
I think I'm losing him!" Because
I'm bruised from sin within
And don't think I'll see Your New Jerusalem
You're just, Lord - I need to be assured
I'm unsure and insecure that where sin
Abounds Your grace did much more
I need to get confidence
Believing Your promises
Of Jesus' accomplishments
Not help from the drug store
Because mostly my reputation was count
The world as defecation
Yet I proceed with trepidation
Sin was strong and my deadliest foe
Steady wrong - am I ready to go?
I pray to God because it's hard
To accept - my heart's heavy, you know
I'm not sure if I'm ready to go
Although You had promised I would live again
For believing in Jesus I'm forgiven yet
I'm shivering from hidden sin
Because in the back of my mind
I knew I struggled as my past time
Now I'm scared to… flatline

Next, we move down the hall to
The Cancer Wing, Room 197
The room of Mr jones
His situation is very similar to Mr smith's
Let's listen in:

As the hour draws near to take my last breath
I'm not quite sure how much time I have left
I'm walking the path of all
My brothers who died
And I'm prepared for what await's
Me on the other side
As the hour draws near to take my last breath
I'm not quite sure how much time I have left
I'm walking the path of all
My brothers who died
And I'm prepared for what await's me

Life was quick
But these last breaths seem the longest
I'm on the brink of entering
Everything that You promised
My heart skips thinking of what
I'll be in a moment
This joy is undeniably precious
Fruit of atonement
I cry tears of happiness 'cause looking back
I see the track that You sovereignly mapped
For me - I see immaculate (ly)
The cross of Christ
His awesome price and Your
Grace that carried me
I persevered in shadows of brothers who
Marked the path for me
In just a few breaths I'll
Walk into a marriage feast
And taste of Your goodness
Without getting a cavity
Your majesty will light up the
City that we'll inhabit
And the Lamb will be the lamp in
The middle - there'll be no PM
I tremble at the fact that I'll be captured
By the blazing glory of the One that I've
Been waiting to see and I'll see Him
To see His face and worship
Perpetually won't be boring
Because this flesh won't be a hitch
Anymore - I'll be restored
To new morning after morning -
And cause You bled
Death I'll leave here on this hospital bed
And step into the presence of
The Bridegroom in heaven
No more valleys to tread or trek through
Or leaven to fight against - all
Things will be made new
No struggling to pray
We'll sing of Your glory with angels
I'm eager to go - I know
I'm a part of Your kingdom
Upon Christ's deeds I'll see bliss
When the beep comes
My life was long and I'm ready to go
I stood strong and I'm ready to go
I can't wait to sing along with
The throng up in heaven, you know
It's where I belong - I'm ready to go
My sneakers are worn down hard from
Running this marathon in the trenches
Was far from pretending
Pressed on with repentance
So now it's time for me to pass the baton
And at long last, I'll pass on into heaven

Finally, as we leave Mr jones' room
We travel upstairs
To Room 235 where we encounter Mr Michaels
Also moments away from death
Let's hear what's going on in his mind:

As the hour draws near to take my last breath
I'm not quite sure how much time I have left
I'm walking the path of all
The others who died
And I don't care what await's
Me on the other side
As the hour draws near to take my last breath
I'm not quite sure how much time I have left
I'm walking the path of all
The others who died
And I don't care what await's me

Yo, in a hospital bed, blood clots in my head
Body chock full of meds and I got to be fed
Through a tube - I'm comatose
Wet food - aroma's gross
Pursued lewd moods as a refuge - overdose
Frantic seizure, life empty
Scary demanded leisure
Anesthesia, temporary amnesia
I'm found in this predicament
Surrounded by significant
Others, my mother- it's crowded
And I'm listening i hear a person's voice
That I don't recognize
Praying for me - It must be
A reverend and his lies
Nurse checking in my eyes
Ain't getting no replies
If she knew I heard everything
I bet she'd be surprised
My family's upsetting me with cries
What they crying for? If I could speak
I'd ask the reverend what he lying for?
He said something about believing in the Lord
That's ridiculous - we all know
That Jesus was a fraud
Atheism is logical, blind faith is comical
Seven day creation and Satan are mythological
The Bible's full of statements made by men
Who were shaken - too scared to face the end
The reverend said
"Don't be hostile to the gospel - choose it"
The only gospel I like is gospel music
He said if I understood him take
My finger and wiggle one
But, if I could have I would
Have gave him the middle one
Because he's wrong and I'm ready to go
Son, I'm strong, yo, I'm ready to go
If it's on then it's on - bring it on
I'm ready to go, let's get it on son
I'm ready to go
I'm anticipating hitting the essence
I'll crash through the gate
In minutes or seconds his antics are fake so
I'm dissin' the reverend
My last action - shaking my
Fist at the heavens!