I’ve been a fan of Michael W. Smith since 1990, when I first heard his life-changing Place in This World. Literally 20 years later, Smitty’s still recording groundbreaking songs. His new single, Save Me From Myself, is no exception, save for perhaps one vital difference: it’s apparently his first carrier single that he did not write or co-write. The original Save Me From Myself was penned by Danish (I love the Danes!) electronic-rock band Carpark North, and it’s purty cool. There’s not much on Christian radio quite like Save Me From Myself, and this bodes well for Smitty, whose new sound will hopefully be accessible to notoriously closed-minded Christian radio programmers. (Casting Crowns? Chris Tomlin? tobyMAC? Sanctus Real? Hi, can we please have another chart-topper without a C in their names?)
Save Me From Myself is lifted off Smitty’s new CD, Wonder, out in stores this fall. It’s different from anything he’s released before, and probably my favorite carrier single from him since Love Me Good. This bodes well for Michael W. Smith. Save Me From Myself is the fourth most-added track on Christian AC this week.
This is Michael W. Smith’s version of Save Me From Myself
This is Carpark North’s original version of Save Me From Myself
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SAVE ME FROM MYSELF Lyrics
Michael W. Smith
Lost
My heart is hard as stone
On my own
Alone, I carry it home
Gone
I used to waste the days
So distraught
I thought
I’m changing my ways
Now you’re changing my ways
You save me
Save me from myself
There is no one else
I’d lean on
Save me
You save me from myself
There is no one else to set me free
Start
The start of something new
Is what I find
When I’m
Just looking at you
Lift
You lift me off the ground
Keep holding my hand
I won’t land
Won’t even look down
Don’t look down
You save me
Save me from myself
There is no one else
I’d lean on
Save me
You save me from myself
There is no one else to set me free
