[Verse 1: Stuart Townend]

I'd like to stop the world from turning

I'd like to pause it with my prayer

I'd like to turn the clocks to zero

Do all I can to keep you here

Silence the marching of the seconds

That sounds relentless in my ears

[Chorus: Stuart Townend & Phil Townend]

For time is given, time is taken away

The least that we can do is make the most of every day

And we are given and we are taken away

The best that we can do is give ourselves away

[Verse 2: Stuart Townend & Phil Townend]

What good is time if we don't use it

To find the path within the pain?

Whoever keeps their life will lose it

Whoever gives their life will gain

Not just a moment but forever

This love is stronger than the grave

[Chorus: Stuart Townend & Phil Townend]

For time is given, time is taken away

The least that we can do is make the most of every day

And we are given and we are taken away

The best that we can do is give ourselves away

For time is given, time is taken away

The least that we can do is make the most of every day

And we are given and we are taken away

The best that we can do is give ourselves away

[Interlude]

[Chorus: Stuart Townend]

For time is given, time is taken away

The least that we can do is make the most of every day

And we are given, we are taken away

The best that we can do is give ourselves away