[Title: IT WAS NEVER YOUR SHAME] [Slow Blues Intro – Lone Guitar] [Verse 1] You were just a child when somebody crossed that line. Too young to understand why wrong could feel like yours inside. You learned to read a hallway before you learned to read a book. Then shame walked in wearing somebody else's name. Told a wounded child that somehow she was stained. The child took the sentence so the giant could stay tall. Called herself the problem so the world made sense at all. [Chorus] IT WAS NEVER YOUR SHAME. Never yours to carry. What somebody did to you doesn't get to name you. You were a child. YOU WERE NOT THE STAIN. Lay it down, beloved. IT WAS NEVER YOUR SHAME. [Blues Guitar] [Verse 2] Maybe that's why a little question can sound like accusation. Why being wrong can feel much bigger than a conversation. "I can help" sounds like "You can't." Someone shines— you hear, "You're less." So you stand up to defend yourself when nobody made a test. Shame don't need a courtroom. It carries one inside. Always gathering evidence for an old and cruel lie. [Chorus] IT WAS NEVER YOUR SHAME. Never yours to carry. What somebody did to you doesn't get to name you. You were a child. YOU WERE NOT THE STAIN. Lay it down, beloved. IT WAS NEVER YOUR SHAME. [Long Blues Guitar Solo] [Bridge] Looking unto Jesus— the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him ENDURED THE CROSS, DESPISING THE SHAME. [Silence] DESPISING THE SHAME. [Blues Guitar Cry] So shame— YOU DON'T GET THE LAST WORD. [Breakdown] You don't have to prove you're useful. You don't have to prove you're right. You don't have to win every room. You don't have to fight every fight. That little child doesn't have to stand before another court tonight. [Silence] What happened— WAS REAL. What they did— WAS WRONG. But the name shame gave you— WAS A LIE. [Huge Blues Guitar Break] [Final Chorus] IT WAS NEVER YOUR SHAME! Never yours to carry! What somebody did to you DOESN'T GET TO NAME YOU! You were a child! YOU WERE NOT THE STAIN! Christ knows your name! HE ENDURED THE CROSS— DESPISING THE SHAME! LAY IT DOWN! LAY IT DOWN! IT WAS NEVER YOUR SHAME! [Long Emotional Guitar Solo] [Outro] You were never the dirty thing. You were never the darkness. You were a child. And that old shame has occupied your chair long enough. Come home. No trial tonight. No proving tonight. Just come home. [Silence] JESUS IS THE LORD.
