AGAPE [Verse 1] Nobody starts out cold as stone, Nobody learns to hurt alone. Before the fist, there was a hand That reached for love and didn’t land. Behind the words I can’t forgive, There’s someone learning how to live. And when I look beneath the blame, I find a fear that knows my name. [Pre-Chorus] If I had lived the life you had, Would I be so quick to call you bad? If I could feel what you’ve been through, How much of me would look like you? [Chorus] Agape, Let there be room in me. For the hearts I’ll never hold, For the lives I’ll never see. When you know what makes us human, When you see the child we had, There’s so much of us worth loving, There’s no room to just stay mad. Agape, May the good I wish for mine Be the good I wish for you, Every stranger, every time. [Verse 2] You have a song that takes you home, A name that hurts when you’re alone. You’ve held your breath to hide a cry, You’ve watched a good thing say goodbye. We wear our wounds a different way, Some turn to stone, some run away. But underneath what we defend, We want a hand that doesn’t end. [Pre-Chorus] If I had learned what you were taught, If I had fought the wars you fought, Would I believe the things you do? How much of me would look like you? [Chorus] Agape, Let there be room in me. For the hearts I’ll never hold, For the lives I’ll never see. When you know what makes us human, When you see the child we had, There’s so much of us worth loving, There’s no room to just stay mad. Agape, May the good I wish for mine Be the good I wish for you, Every stranger, every time. [Bridge] I can stop the hand that harms And still wish healing for those arms. I can leave and wish you peace, Love you without losing me. For the ones we’ll never know, May we leave a place to grow. Plant a tree and let it stand For a child in another land. [Final Chorus] Agape, Let there be room in me. For the hearts I’ll never hold, For the lives I’ll never see. When you know what makes us human, All the longing that we share, Every face becomes familiar, Every life becomes a care. Agape, May the good I wish for mine Be the good I wish for you, Every stranger, every time. [Outro] If I could feel what you’ve been through, How much of me would look like you? Agape, Let there be room in me.
