SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO CRAWL [VERSE 1] The switchback disappeared beneath the rain, The valley looked a thousand miles below. I tried to plant my shaking feet again, But couldn't find a single place to go. I told Him, "Lord, there's nothing left in me," And waited for a lesson or a sign. He lowered Himself down beside my knees, And took the weight I'd carried all that time. [PRE-CHORUS] I thought that faith was measured by the climb, By how much I could manage on my own. He didn't ask me for another mile, He only said, "You're not going alone." [CHORUS] He dragged me up the mountain, So I didn't have to crawl. My arms wrapped 'round His shoulders, Both my legs too weak to walk. I was counting every failure, He was counting none at all. He dragged me up the mountain, So I didn't have to crawl. [VERSE 2] The rain grew quiet near the final bend, A cross stood dark against the morning light. I saw the nail marks in the hands I'd held, He'd climbed a steeper hill to give me life. I asked Him why He hadn't cleared the way, Why silence met me every time I called. He said, "I heard you when you couldn't pray; You never had to earn My help at all." [PRE-CHORUS 2] He never told me why the path was steep, Or why the dark had lasted quite so long. But when I thought my faith was much too weak, His hands were underneath me all along. [CHORUS] He dragged me up the mountain, So I didn't have to crawl. My arms wrapped 'round His shoulders, Both my legs too weak to walk. I was counting every failure, He was counting none at all. He dragged me up the mountain, So I didn't have to crawl. [FINAL CHORUS] He dragged me up the mountain, So I didn't have to crawl. My arms wrapped 'round His shoulders, Both my legs too weak to walk. I was counting every failure, He was counting none at all. He dragged me up the mountain, So I didn't have to crawl. [OUTRO - STRIPPED BACK] I thought the summit was the miracle... It was His hands beneath my arms, All along.
