Morning broke on Galilee shore Empty nets, hearts tired and worn Peter washing yesterday’s try Dreams felt small, like the shrinking tide Then You stepped into the ordinary Not a throne, just something temporary “Push out a little,” calm and clear Heaven’s voice in a fisherman’s ear You don’t need a crown to speak Just a willing heart, a vessel weak You choose the things the world ignores To carry something so much more Borrowed boats, borrowed bones You make Your glory feel like home From wooden decks to skin and soul You take what’s ours and make it whole Borrowed boats, we’re not our own You breathe Your life into our lungs If You can stand on waves that roll You can stand inside these borrowed boats Crowds pressed close to hear the sound So You taught from what was lying around A drifting stage on restless seas Turned into holy ground with ease Then You said, “Go cast again” Though doubt was loud and hope was thin Nets came back with more than enough Grace overflowing, wild and rough You take our lack, You make it lead Into abundance we can’t conceive What we surrender, You restore And call it something greater than before Borrowed boats, borrowed bones You make Your glory feel like home From wooden decks to skin and soul You take what’s ours and make it whole Borrowed boats, we’re not our own You breathe Your life into our lungs If You can stand on waves that roll You can stand inside these borrowed boats We are vessels, we are clay Breath You gave, You gave to take Every heartbeat, every frame Carries echoes of Your name Not our will but Yours be done Through these hands, through these lungs If You could use that drifting sea You can surely dwell in me Just a boat… just a body… Still You chose to step inside me Borrowed boats, borrowed bones You make Your glory feel like home From fragile flesh to eternal soul You take what’s dust and make it gold Borrowed boats, we’re not our own Every breath is heaven loaned If You can calm the raging sea You can live and move through me Borrowed boats… (we are Yours) Borrowed boats… (use us, Lord) Borrowed boats… (we are Yours) Steer our hearts forevermore
