[Verse 1] They placed us in a garden At the dawning of our race, With a tree we must not touch And a serpent dressed in grace. One forbidden taste of knowledge, One decision long ago— And every child thereafter Would inherit what they owed. [Verse 2] Augustine shaped the doctrine: Adam’s shadow stained us all. We were guilty from our first breath For a long-forgotten fall. Born indebted, born corrupted, Condemned before we spoke— Then offered one salvation Through a sacrificial hope. [Pre-Chorus] First you tell me I am broken For a choice I never made, Then you offer me forgiveness Through a debt another paid. [Chorus] Salvation scapegoat, Carry all the blame. Lay the sins of every lifetime On an innocent man’s name. Salvation scapegoat, Blood upon the door— If God can freely pardon, What was all the suffering for? [Verse 3] From the lamb upon the altar To the cross on Calvary, Someone pure must bear the sentence So the guilty can go free. But if justice means another Can be punished in my place, Is that truly restoration— Or an ancient trade called grace? [Verse 4] Was the problem born in Eden, Or constructed afterward? Did humanity need rescuing, Or a reason to need God? Create the wound called “Original Sin,” Then prescribe the only cure— Make the illness universal, Make obedience feel secure. [Pre-Chorus] First you tell me I am fallen Before I understand— Then salvation is delivered With a nail through someone’s hand. [Chorus] Salvation scapegoat, Carry all the blame. Lay the sins of every lifetime On an innocent man’s name. Salvation scapegoat, Blood upon the door— If God can freely pardon, What was all the suffering for? [Bridge] Could love forgive without a payment? Could mercy stand without the pain? Could justice heal the one who’s wounded Without demanding blood again? If Jesus came to show compassion, To lift the lost and free the bound, Why make his death the only doorway Through which forgiveness can be found? [Breakdown] I won’t deny the power Of the life he chose to live— But perhaps the deepest lesson Was not dying, but to give. Not a victim for our anger, Not a payment God was owed— But a voice that called us higher And a light that showed the road. [Final Chorus] Salvation scapegoat, I release the ancient blame. I will honor what was beautiful Without defending shame. Beyond the fall of Eden, Beyond inherited debt, Maybe love was never purchased— Maybe grace was always there. [Outro] No child is born condemned. No soul begins in debt. If love is truly infinite, There’s nothing to collect.
