[Verse 1 — Male lead, open and questioning] What is the cross we carry? Is it the suffering we receive? Is it the weakness of the body? Is it caring for someone in need? Is it the burdens laid before us? Is it what we cannot change? Is it the cross the Lord has given— Or is it the one I have made? [Chorus — Steady life-band groove, restrained female harmony] Show me what to carry. Show me what to lay down. Teach me how to follow When the cross is all I’ve found. Your burden comes through love, Lord, Through mercy and sacrifice. And the burden born of love Leads not to death, but life. [Instrumental Turn — Fingerpicked acoustics over steady bass and percussion] [Verse 2 — Male lead, inward and reflective] The doubt that lives within me, The anger and mistrust, The things I cannot see yet, But worry over much— Are these the crosses given, Or burdens of my own? Teach me what to carry, Lord, And what to leave alone. [Chorus — Close female harmony, steady groove] Show me what to carry. Show me what to lay down. Teach me how to follow When the cross is all I’ve found. Your burden comes through love, Lord, Through mercy and sacrifice. And the burden born of love Leads not to death, but life. [Bridge — Fingerpicked acoustic and steady pulse] Let me lay down the burdens I was never meant to bear. For the cross that leads me after You Is the cross that teaches me to live. [Instrumental Turn — Interlocking acoustics, clean electric and wooden flute] [Final Chorus — Full life band, grounded and warm] Show me what to carry. Show me what to lay down. Teach me how to follow When the cross is all I’ve found. Your burden comes through love, Lord, Through mercy and sacrifice. And the burden born of love Leads not to death, but life. [Outro — Steady fingerpicked pattern resolves simply]
