You woke up one day / In a bad way / With a dark heart / In a small cave / And decided to hide / For the long bitter night / Then one day / Someone loved you / Let the light in / Made the old new / From some water and mud / Wrote your new name in blood

Now something about it / Just doesn’t seem real / Sometimes that’s how it feels

You are still a promise / The heartbeat of God / You may have forgotten / But He has not / You are not your ashes / You are a flame / Do not ask the shadows / The Light of the world knows / Knows your name

There was one day / You were certain / That He called you / ‘Cause you heard Him / And the clouds disappeared / Everything crystal clear / But then one day / It was not so / Other voices / You did not know / From the fray and fringe / They were all weighing in

And now you can’t remember / Who has your heart / Well here’s a start

You’re a friend of God, daughter, son / Blameless and forgiven one / You’re a slave no more, finally free / Saints and heirs now redeemed / Your beautiful and broken heart / Is safe and sound in His arms / You are chosen, you are His / So remember this


Written by Nichole Nordeman and David Hodges © 2015 Birdwing Music / Birdboy Songs (ASCAP) (Admin. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) / 3 Weddings Music / Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI)