Tenth Avenue North - By Your Side (2000s Christian Music)

[AlexB23]

Ah, a classic from the 2000s. Tenth Avenue North was on the Christian Radio back in the late 2000s and early 2010s. No autotune, just emotional chords and wholesome lyrics.

By Your Side (2008) Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Why are you striving these days?
Why are you trying to earn grace?
Why are you crying?
Let me lift up your face
Just don't turn away

[Verse 2]
Why are you looking for love?
Why are you still searching
As if I'm not enough?
To where will you go child?
Tell me where will you run
To where will you run?

[Chorus]
Cos I'll be by your side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you

[Verse 3]
Look at these hands at my side
They swallowed the grave on that night
When I drank the world's sin
So I could carry you in
And give you life
I want to give you life

[Chorus]
And I'll be by your side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you
Here at my side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you

[Bridge]
Cos I, I love you
I want you to know
That I, yeah I'll love you
I'll never let you go, no, no

[Chorus]
And I'll be by your side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you
Here at my side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you
Here at my side
My hands are holding you, oh

 

[Vambram]

Ah, a classic from the 2000s. Tenth Avenue North was on the Christian Radio back in the late 2000s and early 2010s. No autotune, just emotional chords and wholesome lyrics.

By Your Side (2008) Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Why are you striving these days?
Why are you trying to earn grace?
Why are you crying?
Let me lift up your face
Just don't turn away

[Verse 2]
Why are you looking for love?
Why are you still searching
As if I'm not enough?
To where will you go child?
Tell me where will you run
To where will you run?

[Chorus]
Cos I'll be by your side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you

[Verse 3]
Look at these hands at my side
They swallowed the grave on that night
When I drank the world's sin
So I could carry you in
And give you life
I want to give you life

[Chorus]
And I'll be by your side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you
Here at my side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you

[Bridge]
Cos I, I love you
I want you to know
That I, yeah I'll love you
I'll never let you go, no, no

[Chorus]
And I'll be by your side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you
Here at my side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you
Here at my side
My hands are holding you, oh

Thank you for this song. The chorus of By Your Side reminds me of the very last sentence in Matthew 28:20
"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Praise the Lord that He is always at our side with us each and every moment of each and every day and night of our lives.

 

[AlexB23]

Thank you for this song. The chorus of By Your Side reminds me of the very last sentence in Matthew 28:20
"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Praise the Lord that He is always at our side with us each and every moment of each and every day and night of our lives.

You are welcome. And yes, this chorus is probably straight out of Matthew, but there is another verse that talks about this as well, from the OT. This song makes me almost tear up, cos God has helped me through rough moments, and helped me make friends. Since 7/21/2024 (last Sunday), I now go to church with people my own age instead of sitting alone. These friends I gained in April/May 2024 at my church's young adults group.

This OT verse also talks about how God is on our side.
Psalm 118:6 (NIV): "The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?"

In the classic King James Version,
Psalm 118:6 (KJV): "The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?"

 

[AlexB23]

Dang, right back to this nostalgia again. I struggle with my sins every day (of different kinds, as stated on some of my devotionals), but this song helps me realize that God is always there in rough moments. So therefore, I sing this song to praise the Lord, Jesus Christ.