[Intro] From the grave of the old self Mercy moved first [Verse 1] I had no pulse for the holy call Dust on my hands, back against the wall Counting my failures like links in a chain Buried beneath what I chose and became Then love crossed over the distance I made Not for the debt, not for the price I paid When I was face-down, cold in the ground Compassion came down and turned me around [Pre-Chorus] Not by the strength I could never prove Not by the mask, not by the rules The hand that reached through the ruin and shame Called me alive in a different name [Chorus] But God, rich in mercy, broke through the night Great love raised the dead into life When we were gone, He refused to let go Grace put a heartbeat back in the soul Alive, alive, not by my might Alive in the mercy that gave me new life [Verse 2] No throne for the ego, no boast in the blood I was a wreck pulled out of the flood The verdict was written, the sentence was sealed Then kindness arrived with a wound that was healed You saw what I was and You stayed in the frame You carried the weight, You erased the blame Now every breath is a witness to this: The dead can rise when they’re met by Your kiss [Rap Bridge] I was running on fumes with a heart full of rust Turning every bright promise into dust Then the mercy hit hard, no warning, no chain Love took the loss and rewrote my name Not a self-made climb, not a polished disguise This is power from above putting fire in the eyes If the grave had a claim, it surrendered the right For the One who had mercy called me to life [Breakdown] Dead—then called! Lost—then found! No boast! Grace crowned! [Final Chorus] But God, rich in mercy, broke through the night Great love raised the dead into life When we were gone, He refused to let go Grace put a heartbeat back in the soul Alive, alive, not by my might Alive in the mercy that gave me new life [Outro] Mercy moved first Love made us live Mercy moved first And still it gives
