[Verse 1 – Restrained, low, almost whispered] They were sitting at Your table With their dirt beneath Your feet While the righteous kept their distance You were closer to the weak They were counting every failure You were looking past the names They saw everything unworthy You saw something worth the chase [Pre-Chorus – Tension building, drums entering] Out beyond the boundary Where the familiar disappears Through the silence, through the distance You were closer than the fear [Chorus – Explosive melodic vocals, angular guitars] I was the one outside the fold The one they would've left alone But You came down into the dark And found me where I lost my heart You don't abandon what You claim You call me by a different name And when the whole world counts the cost You celebrate the one that's lost [Verse 2 – Dark, rhythmic, syncopated] No applause in the wilderness No witnesses to see Just the sound of something searching Through the wreckage underneath I was certain I'd been written Out of everything You made Then I felt the weight of mercy As You carried me away [Pre-Chorus – More urgent, layered vocals] Out beyond the boundary Where the familiar disappears I was never out of reach I was never out of reach [Chorus – Full instrumentation] I was the one outside the fold The one they would've left alone But You came down into the dark And found me where I lost my heart You don't abandon what You claim You call me by a different name And when the whole world counts the cost You celebrate the one that's lost [Bridge – Strip back to bass pulse, whispered vocals] The others never saw me The others never knew How far a soul can wander Before it calls for You But heaven felt the silence And heaven knew my name A thousand voices standing still When one comes home again [Build – Increasing intensity] ONE. JUST. ONE. [Breakdown – Half-time, crushing guitars, screamed vocals] I WASN'T FORGOTTEN I WASN'T ERASED I WASN'T A NUMBER YOU COULDN'T REPLACE THEY COUNTED THE REMAINING YOU COUNTED THE LOST AND YOU WERE WILLING TO GO NO MATTER THE COST [Final Chorus – Massive, soaring melodic vocals] I was the one outside the fold The one they would've left alone But You came down into the dark And found me where I lost my heart You don't abandon what You claim You call me by a different name And when the whole world counts the cost You celebrate the one that's lost [Outro – Instruments collapse, whispered vocals] Ninety-nine still standing One carried through the night Ninety-nine still standing And heaven comes alive.
