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Francesca Battistelli
Francesca Battistelli


Background information
Born May 18, 1985
Origin New York City, New York, USA
Genre(s) Contemporary Christian music
Pop
Soul
Years active 2002—present
Label(s) Fervent Records
Website Website



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Francesca Battistelli Album


My Paper Heart (07/22/2008)
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At twenty years of age
I'm still looking for a dream
A wars already waged
For my destiny
But you've already won the battle
and you've got great plans for me
Though I cant always see

(Chorus)
Cause I've got a couple dents in my fender
I've got a couple rips in my jeans
Try to put the pieces together
But perfection is my enemy
and on my own I'm so clumsy
But on your shoulders I can see
I'm free to be me

When I was just a girl
I thought I had it figured out
See my life would turn out right
and id make it here some how
But things dont come that easy
and sometimes I would doubt

(Chorus)

And you're free to be you

Sometimes I believe
That I can do anything
Yet other times I think
I've got nothing good to bring
But you look at my heart and you tell me
That I've got all your secrets
And its easy to believe
Even though

(Chorus) x2

And you're free to be you

. . .


My heart beats, standing on the edge
But my feet have finally left the ledge

Like an acrobat
There's no turning back

(Chorus)
I'm letting go
Of the life I planned for me
And my dreams
(i'm)Losing control
Of my destiny
Feels like I'm falling and that's what it's like to believe
So I'm letting go

This is a giant leap of faith
Trusting and trying to embrace

The fear of the unknown
Beyond my comfort zone

(Chorus)

Giving in to your gravity
Knowing You are holding me
I'm not afraid

Feels like I'm falling and that's what it's like to believe
Feels like I'm falling and this is the life for me

. . .


Got my thoughts
I got my words
Got this head full of answers
Got You wrapped up
Got You under control
See my future like the past behind me
I think I know where You're leading
Don't need no questions
Don't need no rocking the boat

But I just forget all the mystery
I just forget who You are

(Chorus)
When I know that I know
What You have down the road
When I'm sure that
I've figured You out
Help me see that I'm small
That I can't know it all
'Cause You're so unpredictable
'Cause You're so unpredictable

You said the foolish
Would shame the wise
To put my faith
In what's beyond my eyes
And to believe You
I have to come as a child

So help me to rest in the mystery
Of what I can't understand

(Chorus)

Can't wrap my mind around You
Can't put You in a box
Can't keep You safely contained
You're gonna move the way
You wanna move today
Just let me follow along

(Chorus)

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Well I've been treated like a valentine
That's been ripped apart and left behind
I'm a fragile girl
In a crazy careless world
My dreams were torn and scattered on the floor
But You've been picking up the pieces, Lord
'Cause Your love is real
The only hope to heal

(Chorus)
My paper heart is Yours now
I have landed in Your hands
Come so far to find out
My life will never be the same
Since you wrote Your name
On my paper heart

I had been so terrified to trust
So many times I'd been reduced to dust
But You keep showing me
You're the safest place to be

(Chorus)

Never knew that I could feel the way I feel
Never knew that there could be a love so real
Never knew that I could feel the way I feel right now

(Chorus)

. . .


Don't know how it is you looked at me
And saw the person that I could be
Awakening my heart, breaking through the dark
Suddenly: your grace

(Chorus)
Like sunlight burning in midnight
Look at my life
something so beautiful beautiful
Mercy reaching to save me
All that i need
you are so beautiful beautiful

Now theres a joy inside I can't contain
But even perfect days can end in rain
And though its pouring down, I see you through the clouds
Shining on my face

(Chorus)

I have come undone
But I have just begun
Changing by your grace

(Chorus) x2

Beautiful Beautiful

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When you're down and you're out
And you don't think you have a friend
When you're lost in the doubt
And you can't see what's around the bend

Just hold on
Don't turn around
Keep on walking
Don't lose heart
'Cause I am here, I am here
Wherever you are, wherever you are

(Chorus)
When the rain is falling
And there's no silver lining
And you just can't seem to find the light
When you need a reason
To help you keep believing
Let my love be your blue sky

Don't you know that I know
Life can be so hard it makes you wanna give up
But don't you know over the horizon
The sunny day you're looking for
Is waiting right here in my love

Just hold on
Don't turn around
Keep on walking
Don't lose heart
'Cause I am here, I am here
Wherever you are, wherever you are

(Chorus)

Come on come on
Don't you be afraid
Whatever comes tomorrow
My love is here to stay

(Chorus)

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(Chorus)
You are my forever love
You are my forever love
You are my forever love
You are my forever love

From the bottom of my heart I'll sing to You
From the depths of who I am I love You
With everything inside I'll run to You
'Cause all that I've become I owe to You

(Chorus)

From the bottom of my heart I'll sing to You
From the depths of who I am I love You
With everything inside I'll run to You
'Cause all that I've become I owe to You

(Chorus)

Nothing in this world could ever separate us
I will love You more than anyone on earth
Nothing I desire could ever satisfy me the way that You do

(Chorus)

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I wanna be the one who knows everything about you
I wanna be the one who's always on your mind
I wanna be the one to get all of your affection and attention
You're the one that I've been waiting for, for all this time
And I can't imagine anything, anything better than

(Chorus)
Someday falling in love with you
Holding your hand
Making our plans all come true
Someday under a sky so blue
I'll give you my heart
Our story will start someday soon

I wanna be the one who does everything with you
Watching stars, washing cars, taking walks, going to the store
I wanna be the one who gets to change her last name someday
To something that sounds something more like yours

(Chorus)

Yeah I'll be telling you I love you
On a picture perfect day
And those words inside my head
They sound like angels singing praise
It's what I was made to say

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You may think
I'm just fine
How could anything
Ever be out of line?

I take my time
To set the stage
To make sure everything
Is all in place

Even though I've got the lines rehearsed
A picture only paints a thousand words

(Chorus)
Things aren't always what they seem
You're only seeing part of me
There's more than you could ever know
Behind the scenes
I'm incomplete and I'm undone
But I suppose like everyone
There's so much more that's going on
Behind the scenes

Sometimes I can't see
Anything
Through the dark
Surrounding me
And at times I'm unsure
About the ground
Beneath my feet
If it's safe and sound

When it's hard to find hope in the unseen
I have peace in knowing it will find me

(Chorus)

You may think I'm just fine
How could anything ever be out of line?

. . .


This is the moment
It's on the line
Which way you're gonna fall
In the middle
Between wrong and right
But you know afterall

(Chorus)
It's your life
Whatcha gonna do
The world is watching you
Everyday the choices you make
Say what you are
and who your heart beats for
Its an open door
It's your life

Are you who you
Always said you would be
With a sinking feeling in your chest
Always waiting
On someone else to fix you
Tell me when do you forget

It's your life
Whatcha gonna do
The world is watching you
Everyday the choices you make
Say what you are
and who your heart beats for
Its an open door

You can live the way you believe
This is your opportunity
To let your life be one that lights the way

(Chorus) x2

. . .


You were there when your Father said
Let there be light
You obeyed when He whispered
Son, You have to leave tonight
To spend nine months in a mothers womb
Three days in a borrowed tomb

(Chorus One)
But it's the time in between
That brings me to my knees
Knowing you came for me
And all that I can't be
I'm amazed, so amazed
And I thank You for the time in between

Don't take much for this crazy world
To rob me of my peace
And the enemy of my soul
Says You're holding out on me
So I stand here lifting empty hands
For you to fill me up again

(Chorus Two)
But it's the time in between
That I fall down to my knees
Waiting on what You'll bring
And the things that I can't see
I know my song's incomplete
Still I'll sing in the time in between

So many ways
Your love has saved the day
And I'm grateful for them all

(Chorus 3)
But it's the time in between
The middle of two thieves
That says everything
It's the reason I believe
I'm amazed, so amazed
And I thank you for the time in between
Oh Lord, I thank you for the time in between

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