🎵 "Stolen First, Chosen Forever" (By Sheryl Clyde / Ash Thunderbird) [Verse 1 – The Theft] I was twelve, too young to bleed, But darkness saw a way to seed. A board, a game — or so they said, But spirits whispered to my head. They tied my name to fire and lies, Wrapped me in a wedding I didn’t recognize. A vow I never chose, a ring of fear — And hell said, “She belongs down here.” [Verse 2 – The Escape Begins] But five years passed, I knelt and prayed, In a group home cell, my soul afraid. Seventeen, still scarred and torn, But crying out to Christ I’d scorned. He touched my heart — and chains let go, The night lit up with heaven’s glow. And that old groom in shadowed form? He came to claim what wasn’t his anymore. [Chorus – The Battle Line Drawn] Two came down from a cliff of night, Handsome devils dressed in light. But I saw through the charm, the grace — And terror ripped through time and space. I screamed “Jesus!” in my dream, And broke the devil’s tethered scheme. I was stolen first — but chosen forever. Hell lost me. Christ said, “Never.” [Verse 3 – The War Isn’t Over] Now the Bull still rages in my wake, Sending flirts and fangs and fakes. But the Lamb walks by my side each day — The price He paid won’t wash away. They try again with tempting eyes, But I’ve been burned — I see their guise. You don’t fool a soul who’s been to war — And made it out with heaven’s roar. [Bridge – For the Others Still Bound] To the ones still trapped in whispered lies, Wearing fear like wedding ties — You are not what hell called you. You are not what they tried to do. The veil they used was forged in pain — But Jesus breaks that cursed chain. [Final Chorus – The Claim is Sealed] I was stolen first — but chosen forever, The Lamb’s my Groom, my life, my shelter. They lost me when He heard me cry, He wrote my name across the sky. I wear no ring but His blood-sealed vow — No demon holds me captive now. You can chase me, but I’m already free… I belong to the One who died for me. [Outro – The Declaration] So send your dreams and fake delight, But I walk in resurrection light. You tried to claim me in the dirt, But love… Already beat you to me first.
