[Verse 1] I lean down to the water’s edge To see what I’ve been told But staring back through broken light Are thorns instead of gold I came to see a lion rise A self that I could praise But what the silent water showed Was the cost of saving grace [Pre-Chorus] The world says, “Show them who you’re becoming” But the water doesn’t lie What I see is not my glory yet It’s a cross, a nail, a cry [Chorus] What the water shows is not my throne It’s the crown He chose to wear The way down is the only way And the cross is waiting there Not to crush me, but complete me Not to wound me, but make whole What the water shows is not my face It’s the One who owns my soul [Verse 2] I thought the reflection would affirm The man I longed to be But losing life is how it’s found And surrender sets me free Like a grain that falls into the earth And disappears from sight Until the soil breaks open wide And bursts with living light [Pre-Chorus] The world says, “Lift your name a little higher” But the water whispers, “Die” For the seed must fall before it grows And the cross comes before the sky [Chorus] What the water shows is not my throne It’s the crown He chose to wear The way down is the only way And the cross is waiting there Not to crush me, but complete me Not to wound me, but make whole What the water shows is not my face It’s the One who owns my soul [4-bar instrumental] [Bridge] I don’t want the crown that makes me king I want the One who wore the thorns I don’t want the throne that lifts my name I want the love that grieves and mourns So let me lean a little lower Let me lose what I’ve held tight What the water shows is Jesus And that water is my life [Modulate one key higher] [Final Chorus] What the water shows is not my throne It’s the crown He chose to wear The way down is the only way And the cross is waiting there Not to crush me, but complete me Not to wound me, but make whole What the water shows is not my face It’s the One who owns my soul What the water shows is Jesus Standing where my pride once stood And losing everything I am Is how I’m made for something good [Outro] Deny yourself Take up the cross Follow Him Deny yourself Take up the cross Follow Him Follow Him
