I Was Lost, Now I Rise

I was the ghost in the back of the room Hands in my pockets Heart out of tune Chasing a bottle A screen And a lie Laughing too loud just to cover the cry Every chain I wore felt like skin Thought the dark I loved was my friend But You stepped in the mess I made Called my name through the smoke and the shame (hey!) I was lost Now I rise From the grave of my own lies You tore the night from my eyes Now Your fire fills my life I was gone Paralyzed But Your cross cut every tie I was lost Now I rise Now I rise (oh-oh) I still see scars where the stories were wrong Carved in my arms and the back of my tongue You took my rage Turned it into a roar Now every shout is a prayer on the floor I hear Your voice in the stamp of my feet In every heartbeat pounding the beat I wear Your word like a blade at my side Run to the fight with a fearless stride I was lost Now I rise From the grave of my own lies You tore the night from my eyes Now Your fire fills my life I was gone Paralyzed But Your cross cut every tie I was lost Now I rise Now I rise No more hiding in the shadows No more bowing to my shame You rewrote my final chapter Signed it with Your precious name (yeah!) When the darkness comes to drag me I will lift this battle cry You already won the war I will stand I will rise I was lost Now I rise From the grave of my own lies You tore the night from my eyes Now Your fire fills my life I was gone Paralyzed But Your cross cut every tie I was lost Now I rise Now I rise I rise By Your blood I rise From the dust I rise In Your name I rise