Price of Admission

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Live stadium appearance, full production spectacular, crowd participation, album release tour

V6-WILD

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
We looked and listened.
Story after story.
Failure and misery
strength out of weakness,
loss turned to gain.

Pain was the price of admission to life.
More than we expected.
More than we could carry.

And somewhere inside it,
quiet and plain,
humility came
and started healing the pain.

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]
Pain was the price of admission,
Humility showed us the way.
We feared the pain less,
Wanted humility more,
Not something forced on us anymore.

A turning point came when we finally knew:
Humility wasn't just something we had to do
It was something we wanted to do.

[Post-Chorus]

[Verse 2]
We changed our attitude toward God.
Not all at once.
Not some defensive night watchman
Protectin’ our wicket ‘til the next day.
No God helping every now and then.
While we mostly do everything our own way.

That started to fade.
The old arrangement failed.

Of myself I am nothing.
The Father doeth the works.

And somehow those words
didn't sound empty anymore.

[Chorus]
Pain was the price of admission,
Humility showed us the way.
We feared the pain less,
Wanted humility more,
Not something forced on us anymore.
A turning point came when we finally knew:
Humility wasn't just something we had to do
It was something we wanted to do.

[Verse 3]
We wanted peace
with ourselves,
with each other,
with God.

But underneath it:
self-centered fear.

Fear we would lose
what we already had.
Fear we would never get
what we thought we must have.

Demand after demand
on ourselves,
on others,
on God.

No peace in that.
No rest in that.

[Bridge]
Asking, not telling.
Releasing, not demanding.

We had admitted we were powerless.
We came to believe
we could be restored to sanity.
If humility could loosen
the grip of that obsession,
then there must be hope
for whatever still remains.

[Final Chorus]
Pain was the price of admission,
Humility showed us the way.
We feared the pain less,
Wanted humility more,
And stopped making demands of each day.

A turning point came when we finally could say:
God, I humbly ask you…
to remove these shortcomings.

[Outro]
Grace doing
what we cannot do
for ourselves.

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[Intro] [Verse 1] We looked and listened. Story after story. Failure and misery strength out of weakness, loss turned to gain. Pain was the price of admission to life. More than we expected. More than we could carry. And somewhere inside it, quiet and plain, humility came and started healing the pain. [Instrumental] [Chorus] Pain was the price of admission, Humility showed us the way. We feared the pain less, Wanted humility more, Not something forced on us anymore. A turning point came when we finally knew: Humility wasn't just something we had to do It was something we wanted to do. [Post-Chorus] [Verse 2] We changed our attitude toward God. Not all at once. Not some defensive night watchman Protectin’ our wicket ‘til the next day. No God helping every now and then. While we mostly do everything our own way. That started to fade. The old arrangement failed. Of myself I am nothing. The Father doeth the works. And somehow those words didn't sound empty anymore. [Chorus] Pain was the price of admission, Humility showed us the way. We feared the pain less, Wanted humility more, Not something forced on us anymore. A turning point came when we finally knew: Humility wasn't just something we had to do It was something we wanted to do. [Verse 3] We wanted peace with ourselves, with each other, with God. But underneath it: self-centered fear. Fear we would lose what we already had. Fear we would never get what we thought we must have. Demand after demand on ourselves, on others, on God. No peace in that. No rest in that. [Bridge] Asking, not telling. Releasing, not demanding. We had admitted we were powerless. We came to believe we could be restored to sanity. If humility could loosen the grip of that obsession, then there must be hope for whatever still remains. [Final Chorus] Pain was the price of admission, Humility showed us the way. We feared the pain less, Wanted humility more, And stopped making demands of each day. A turning point came when we finally could say: God, I humbly ask you… to remove these shortcomings. [Outro] Grace doing what we cannot do for ourselves.

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