The Way Home

[Verse 1] You've been walking roads of your own making Chasing lights that fade by dawn You've been holding all the pieces Of a life that still feels wrong You've seen fruit upon the branches But it turns hollow in your hands And the more you try to build it The less your heart can stand [Verse 2] So you learned to make a stone wall Where a wounded heart could hide You heard people talk of mercy While they still had stains inside And you called them all pretenders Said the whole thing must be lies But the sick still need the Healer And the blind still need their eyes [Chorus] You don't have to clean your wounds Before you let Me see You don't have to break your chains Before you come to Me Turn around from where you're running Lay that old road down I am the way, the truth, the life I am the way home [Verse 3] You've asked why the pain was allowed Why the innocent still cry Why the nights can feel so empty When you're staring at the sky I won't promise no more sorrow I won't tell you storms won't come But I will walk beside you Through every shadowed storm [Pre-Chorus] And when you fall, I'll lift you When you're weak, I'll be strong This was never about perfection It was your heart I wanted all along [Chorus] You don't have to clean your wounds Before you let Me see You don't have to break your chains Before you come to Me Turn around from where you're running Lay that old road down I am the way, the truth, the life I am the way home [Bridge] Come as the lost one Come as the tired Come as the broken Come out of the dark Come with your anger Come with your shame Come stop pretending And call on My name [Final Chorus] You don't have to clean your wounds Before you let Me see You don't have to earn the cross That I carried willingly Turn around from where you're running Let the old life go I am the way, the truth, the life I am the way home [Outro] I am the way home I am the way home Come follow Me