Boots on the ground in the heartland snow High school halls to a uniform glow Crossed the ocean, came back home Found a different war in the lines of code Monterey fog rolling off the bay Coffee black, another late night stay Building worlds from strings and arrays Chasing bugs till the break of day What is more, I count it all as loss All the frameworks, all the wins, the cost Everything I built, I count as garbage For the surpassing worth of knowing You, my Lord I'd trade every server, every line Just to gain You, Christ, the one true prize ColdFusion nights and community calls Stack Overflow answers, watching empires fall From Army days to CTO chair Still the same kid lifting up a prayer Central Coast sun on the Pacific shore Waves keep crashing like the tasks I store But none of it shines like the hope I've found When I lay my trophies on the ground What is more, I count it all as loss All the frameworks, all the wins, the cost Everything I built, I count as garbage For the surpassing worth of knowing You, my Lord I'd trade every server, every line Just to gain You, Christ, the one true prize So let the servers sleep, let the code go still There's a greater treasure, there's a greater will All my striving, all my name Fades away inside Your flame What is more... I count it all as loss Every mountain that I climbed across All I have and all I'll ever be Is garbage next to knowing Christ in me Yeah, I'd lose it all again Just to gain my Lord... my everything Surpassing worth... surpassing worth... In the code and in the quiet... You're the only thing that's worth it all.
