Renovation - Song Story (Lucy Grimble & Andy Flannagan)

The story behind the song for 'Renovation' by Boundless, Lucy Grimble & Andy Flannagan featuring Donna Akodu.

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'Sunday Songs for Everyday Life'

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Lyrics
This is the time for renovation  
This is the place of new creation 
See the not yet kneeling in the now 

This is a time of restoration 
This is the future in formation 
See a home where healing can be found 
 
Melting ice and tainted sky 
Fertile plains now bleeding dry 
Forgive us for our greed and pride 
              
You’re the God who designed and built all things 
Then you made us priests and kings 
Just to watch us tear it down, oh
You’re the God who is faithful to this earth 
Every atom given worth 
Resurrected in the here and now 
 
This is a house where hope is waiting 
This is the ground that we are staking 
Jesus, make your dwelling in our midst 
 
This is the workshop of your kingdom 
These are the tools that fashion freedom 
Miracles and mess still co-exist 
 
Broken things you don’t dispose 
You repair the cracks with gold 
And you use us here before we’re whole 

You’re the God who designed and built all things 
Then you made us priests and kings 
Just to watch us tear it down, oh
You’re the God who is faithful to this earth 
Every atom given worth 
Resurrected in the here and now 
 
Renovate your church  
Renovate this earth 

Renovate your church  
Renovate this earth 

Renovate your church  
Renovate this earth 

Renovate your church  
Renovate this earth 

You’re the God who designed and built all things 
Then you made us priests and kings 
Just to watch us tear it down, oh
You’re the God who is faithful to this earth 
Every atom given worth 
Resurrected in the here and now 
Resurrected in the here and now 
Resurrected in the here and now 
Here and now, here and now
Here and now, here and now

Renovate your church  
Renovate this earth 

Renovate your church  
Renovate this earth 

Written by Nathan Jess & Andy Flannagan