The Lord Kept My Mind (Remix 1)

Lyrics

# I SHOULD’VE LOST MY MIND

[Intro]

[Jazzy gospel piano, soft Hammond B3, upright-style bass, brushed drums]

[Lead]
There were some nights
I sat in the dark
and didn’t know what to say.

Too much happening at once.

Too many thoughts.

Too many questions.

And somehow—

I’m still in my right mind.

[Choir]
Thank You, Jesus!

[Verse 1]

[Lead]
I had trouble at the house
pressure on the job

Money moving funny
and everybody needed something

Phone kept ringing
bad news kept coming

I smiled through the daytime
then laid awake at night

Thinking about tomorrow
thinking about yesterday

Thinking about what I should’ve done
what I shouldn’t have said

[Choir]
Lord, keep my mind!

[Lead]
I had too much on me

[Choir]
Keep my mind!

[Lead]
More than I knew how to carry

[Choir]
Keep my mind!

[Lead]
But somehow I didn’t break

[Choir]
The Lord kept me!

[Chorus]

[Lead]
I should’ve lost my mind

[Choir]
But the Lord kept me!

[Lead]
Should’ve fallen apart

[Choir]
But the Lord kept me!

[Lead]
Had enough trouble
to make me quit

[Choir]
But the Lord kept me!

[Lead]
I’m still standing
I’m still thinking
I’m still praying

[Choir]
The Lord kept my mind!

[Verse 2]

[Lead]
Psalm 94 says,
“When I said,
My foot slippeth;
thy mercy, O Lord,
held me up.”

And then it says,

“In the multitude
of my thoughts within me
thy comforts delight my soul.”

[Choir]
That’s the Word!

[Lead]
Multitude of thoughts—

That means too many.

Thought after thought.

Question after question.

Fear after fear.

But somewhere in all that noise—

[Choir]
God gave peace!

[Lead]
Somewhere in all that pressure—

[Choir]
God gave peace!

[Lead]
Not because everything changed—

[Choir]
God gave peace!

[Lead]
But because He stayed with me!

[Choir]
God gave peace!

[Minister Break]

[Band drops to piano and organ]

[Lead]
Somebody listening
has been mentally tired.

Not sleepy.

Tired.

Tired of thinking.

Tired of worrying.

Tired of trying to predict
what everybody is going to do.

Tired of carrying conversations
that haven’t even happened yet.

Listen—

you cannot live tomorrow today.

Jesus said,
“Take therefore no thought
for the morrow.”

You’ve got grace for today.

Handle today.

Pray today.

Obey today.

And let tomorrow
wait until it gets here.

[Choir]
One day at a time!

[Lead]
Lord, quiet what needs to be quiet.

[Choir]
Keep my mind!

[Lead]
Correct what needs correcting.

[Choir]
Keep my mind!

[Lead]
Give me wisdom
where I’m overthinking.

[Choir]
Keep my mind!

[Lead]
And don’t let fear
make decisions for me.

[Choir]
KEEP MY MIND!

[Chorus]

[Lead]
I should’ve lost my mind

[Choir]
But the Lord kept me!

[Lead]
Should’ve fallen apart

[Choir]
But the Lord kept me!

[Lead]
Had nights I couldn’t sleep

[Choir]
But the Lord kept me!

[Lead]
Had days I couldn’t explain

[Choir]
But the Lord kept me!

[Lead]
I’m still here!

[Choir]
The Lord kept my mind!

[Drive]

[Full drums enter, bass pushes forward, organ rises]

[Lead]
When the pressure came—

[Choir]
He kept my mind!

[Lead]
When the money got tight—

[Choir]
He kept my mind!

[Lead]
When people switched up—

[Choir]
He kept my mind!

[Lead]
When I got bad news—

[Choir]
He kept my mind!

[Lead]
When I didn’t know what was next—

[Choir]
He kept my mind!

[Lead]
When I cried by myself—

[Choir]
He kept my mind!

[Lead]
When I almost gave up—

[Choir]
HE KEPT MY MIND!

[Final Vamp]

[Lead]
I’m still thinking straight!

[Choir]
Thank You, Jesus!

[Lead]
Still know who God is!

[Choir]
Thank You, Jesus!

[Lead]
Still know how to pray!

[Choir]
Thank You, Jesus!

[Lead]
Still know how to worship!

[Choir]
Thank You, Jesus!

[Lead]
Still got my faith!

[Choir]
Thank You, Jesus!

[Lead]
Still got my mind!

[Choir]
Thank You, Jesus!

[Lead]
After everything I carried—

[Choir]
THANK YOU, JESUS!

[Outro]

[Lead]
Somebody thought
you were going to lose it.

You thought
you were going to lose it.

But look at you.

Still here.

Still praying.

Still trusting.

Still in your right mind.

[Choir]
The Lord kept me!

[Lead]
I should’ve lost my mind—

[Choir]
BUT THE LORD KEPT ME!