[intro] [Sincerely spoken intro verse] "What profit is there, if I gain the world but forfeit my soul? ...What would I give in exchange for my soul?.. For the son of man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay everyone according to his deeds.....For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." [verse 1] I feel the sting, I see the depths, wrath is pulling me down beneath my debts, choked by death, it steals my breath, what's left? only pain I've met, the fire surrounds, in a sea of flames I drown, bound in torment, ever tethered, here I'll remain, in my Gehenna, eternity's everlasting fire... forever, [pre-chorus] what will I gain, what would I get? but only a life that ends in death, if self I will not relent, for this vapor is but a breadth, [chorus] I must die, to death I shall crucify, me, myself and I, I surrender my life, to my Lord, Jesus Christ, [verse 2] Will I bow my head and walk, like the young man who would not, give up his wealth, the idol he made god? Will I seek for the bread, that the crowds all rushed to get, but not the living Word, that Jesus said? Will I no longer follow, when the truth is hard to swallow, like the disciples who walked away, in sorrow? [pre-chorus] the stakes are high and the cost is great, will I enter or turn from the narrow gate? [chorus] I must die, to death I shall crucify, me, myself and I, I surrender my life, to my Lord, Jesus Christ, [bridge] will I pick up my cross, and deny myself, or leave it lying, put Jesus on the shelf, will I lay down my life, or hold on to it till the day I die? will I love the Lord, will I be a lover of self? [chorus] I must die, to death I shall crucify, me, myself and I, I surrender my life, for the loss of all things, I count it as rubbish, to know my Lord Jesus, is worth it all, [post- chorus] He is worth it all, His righteousness, the power of resurrection, fellowship in suffering, conformed to His death, to live with Him in rest.... I must die... to death I shall crucify, me, myself and I... I surrender, I surrender my life... [Outro] [piano fade]
