Spring Of Hope - Peniel lyrics

It's not hard to be an Esau The hunger burns like acid To corrode and erode your fight and faith It's not hard to be a Cain When you've got to shift the blame And tell yourself your faults are fate But it's an agony to live a promise To stake your life on a hope To trust and pray and reach but wait When weakness is your strength And it's in dying that you live My name is Jacob I know what I want and where to get it I connive and contrive for what should be mine And expect no one could give it But I'm scared tonight For the truth and I must meet I've played my last prank; I shiver on this bank Naked in the fig leaves of my deceit [Chorus] But this is my Peniel In the morning I'll face my past But tonight a promise I grasp This is my fight for faith An angel wrestles me That's blood on the ground you see I'm a hard one to bless But can I settle for something less? What I knew, I know no more; my pride has hit the floor But by the break of morn, Israel shall be born [Chorus]