FATHER, PROVIDE ME THE ESCAPE

(Gospel Ballad – slow 6/8 tempo, key of G major)

Verse 1
When the night feels long and heavy,
And my faith begins to shake,
When the tempter calls me ready,
To choose the easy way to take,
I hear a whisper in the silence—
“My child, I’ve made a way through grace.”
Lord, You know this heart is weary,
But I’m clinging to Your face.

Chorus
Father, provide me the escape,
Through the fire, through the gate.
Not my will, but Yours be done,
Guide me home through Christ, Your Son.
Though the world would chain my name,
Your mercy breaks every claim.
Father, provide me the escape,
And lead me by Your holy flame.

Verse 2
Every promise tried and tested,
Every tear that I have sown,
In this world I feel arrested,
By a law that’s not my own.
But Your truth is my defender,
Your love cancels every debt,
When I lay my burdens under
The cross where grace and freedom met.

Chorus (repeat)
Father, provide me the escape,
Through the fire, through the gate.
Not my will, but Yours be done,
Guide me home through Christ, Your Son.
Though the world would chain my name,
Your mercy breaks every claim.
Father, provide me the escape,
And lead me by Your holy flame.

Bridge
No temptation overtakes me,
That Your Spirit can’t restrain.
You deliver, You remake me,
You bring glory from my pain.
The serpent’s lie can’t bind me,
Your word of truth defines me—
I’m Yours alone, redeemed and awake!

Final Chorus (modulate up one key)
Father, provide me the escape,
Lift me higher, past the fake.
Through Your blood my soul is clean,
Born again, forever seen.
Though the world may still proclaim,
Its legal right to my old name—
Father, provide me the escape,
And seal me with Your holy name.

Tag (outro)
Oh, Father… provide me… the escape…
By Your mercy, by Your grace.