[Intro]
[hollow laughter fades into low growl]
I was crawling in the carcass of my pride
Tongue like poison
Eyes all dry
Every mirror just a grave I’d memorized
[Verse 1]
I wore my shame like a second skin
Every promise that I broke, stitched in
Tried to drown the guilt in the dark I drank
‘Til the dark just dragged me down the bank
Hands in the dirt
Heart in a chokehold
Screaming at a sky that felt so cold
“Take my breath, if I’m too far gone”
Then a whisper cut right through the storm
[Chorus]
God wins
Over every scar, every sin I hid
Over all the nights that I said “I’m finished”
He breathed in my lungs, said “We’re just beginning”
God wins
When the past claws hard at my skin
When the shadows sing that I can’t get forgiven
I fall to my knees
And He stands in the middle of my mess
God wins
[Verse 2]
I heard laughter in the back of my brain
Demonic echo
Calling me by my shame
“You’re a lost cause, you’re a fraud, just quit”
Then a light hit the lie and it couldn’t coexist
Tears in my eyes like gasoline
When grace struck a match, set fire to the scene
Chains fell quiet at the sound of His name
Every ghost in my chest just went up in flame
[Chorus]
God wins
Over every scar, every sin I hid
Over all the nights that I said “I’m finished”
He breathed in my lungs, said “We’re just beginning”
God wins
When the past claws hard at my skin
When the shadows sing that I can’t get forgiven
I fall to my knees
And He stands in the middle of my mess
God wins
[Bridge]
[beat drops, distant angelic voices swell]
I was sinking (ha-ha-ha) in my own grave
[growled] “You’re mine forever,” that’s what hell claimed
Then love laughed louder, broke the cage
Angels singing over all my rage
I laid it down
All the rot, all the rust
He lifted me up
Turned my dust to trust
Now the voice in my head that once cursed my breath
Says “Child, you’re alive, I already beat death”
[Chorus]
God wins
Over every scar, every sin I hid
Over all the nights that I said “I’m finished”
He breathed in my lungs, said “We’re just beginning”
God wins
When the past claws hard at my skin
When the shadows sing that I can’t get forgiven
I fall to my knees
And He stands in the middle of my mess
Yeah, I fall to my knees
And the grave starts losing its grip
God wins
[Outro]
[growled, soft] God wins…
[angelic chorus rising] God…wins…