[Verse 1 – The Skeptic] No Sunday pew, no sacred song, Just nights alone where things went wrong. Then grace slipped in, quiet and true, And shaped a soul he never knew. (Aaaaaa....) [Chorus - No Checkmate] This ain’t the Devil’s Checkmate scene, The end’s not what it might have seemed. They saw the trap, the end, the fall, Their eyes were blind to grace’s call. My King still reigns... supreme. (Still Reigns...) [Verse 2 – The Outcast] No choir sang, no priest would speak, Just sideways looks and sermons bleak. They saw her scars and named her shame, When mercy stepped in and laid its claim. (Aaaaaa...) [Pre - Don't Give Up] They saw defeat and turned away, But heaven doesn't work that way. [Bridge – Echo of the Painting] The canvas showed a losing fight, A soul resigned to final fate. But one more move, not seen by sight Undid the Devil’s planned Checkmate (oh, oh, oh, oh...) (oh, oh, oh, oh...) (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...) (oh, oh...) [Verse 3 – The Self-Judged] No one could see the weight they bore, The silent war behind their door. They thought their flaws too dark, too deep, Till grace broke in where secrets sleep. (Aaaaaa...) [Chorus - No Checkmate] This ain’t the Devil’s Checkmate scene, The end’s not what it might have seemed. They saw the trap, the end, the fall, Their eyes were blind to grace’s call. My King still reigns... supreme. (Still Reigns...) [Outro - Not Always as it Seems} The end's not always as it seems... The end's not always as it seems... The end's not always as it seems... The end's not always as it seems... (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...) (oh, oh, oh...) (oh, oh,...) (oh, oh...)


