(Verse 1) I’ve been standing in the dirt where my old self died Staring down a headstone built out of my pride Spent a decade digging holes just to bury my pain Trying to wash off the guilt in the pouring rain Everybody wants to talk about the resurrection day But nobody wants to lay there in the cold, wet clay I was a walking dead man with a poison in my hand Trying to find some mercy in a dry and ruined land. (Pre-Chorus) 'Cause you can’t fix a heart that you won't confess And you can’t find peace in a broken mess Until you drop to your knees in the quiet dark And let the grace of God come and heal every scar. (Chorus) Now I'm tending a grave where the old me lies Looking back at the wreckage with clearer eyes I ain't digging up the past, I'm just leaving flowers Giving all my shame to a higher power Yeah, the devil wanted blood, but the Lord took the weight Now I'm standing on the holy side of that graveyard gate. (Verse 2) Look, I used to visit my mistakes like a sacred shrine Dancing with a ghost just to kill the time Behind bars, behind walls, behind my own fear Chasing after lightning that was burning me here Trading away my soul just to catch a quick flame Watching my whole life going down in the blaze But mercy didn't ask for a clean-cut suit It found me in the mud at the bitter root. (Pre-Chorus) 'Cause you can’t fix a heart that you won't confess And you can’t find peace in a broken mess Until you drop to your knees in the quiet dark And let the grace of God come and heal every scar. (Chorus) Now I'm tending a grave where the old me lies Looking back at the wreckage with clearer eyes I ain't digging up the past, I'm just leaving flowers Giving all my shame to a higher power Yeah, the devil wanted blood, but the Lord took the weight Now I'm standing on the holy side of that graveyard gate. (Verse 3) I remember the cold sweat, the room spinning round Bound up in the chains that were holding me down Felt like that shadow was the only friend I had Turning good intentions into something real bad Then the light broke through on my darkest night Told me that my soul was still worth the fight Now those old demons don't speak for me I buried that habit at the bottom of the sea. (Chorus) Now I'm tending a grave where the old me lies Looking back at the wreckage with clearer eyes I ain't digging up the past, I'm just leaving flowers Giving all my shame to a higher power Yeah, the devil wanted blood, but the Lord took the weight Now I'm standing on the holy side of that graveyard gate.
