[Verse 1] I was carrying a winter in a paper-thin coat Counting every mile by the ache in my throat Then you found me waiting by the old county line With a lantern in your hand and a little borrowed time You said, “You don’t have to earn what I already know” And the locked door opened when you whispered, “Go” [Pre-Chorus] I had made a home of every wrong turn You gave me one small match and watched the old fear burn [Chorus] Amazing grace, you called me by my name Not for what I’d broken, not for who I blamed You lifted up my face, you took away the shame I came in from the cold beneath your amazing grace Amazing grace, I’m learning how to stay When the road gets rough and the sky turns gray Your mercy meets me there, steady as a flame I am not the same beneath your amazing grace [Verse 2] There were dishes in the sink and a bill beneath the door A half-written apology I couldn’t send anymore I heard the floorboards creak just before the dawn And felt the hands of kindness where I thought they’d all moved on You never asked me why I waited so long You put a cup beside me and hummed a simple song [Pre-Chorus] I had worn my pride like armor in the rain You touched the rusted buckle and I could breathe again [Chorus] Amazing grace, you called me by my name Not for what I’d broken, not for who I blamed You lifted up my face, you took away the shame I came in from the cold beneath your amazing grace Amazing grace, I’m learning how to stay When the road gets rough and the sky turns gray Your mercy meets me there, steady as a flame I am not the same beneath your amazing grace [Verse 3] Now I keep a little garden by the kitchen windowpane Tomatoes in the summer, rosemary after rain I leave the porch light burning for the ones who lose their way There’s room around the table and a bed where they can stay If I have learned a blessing, it is simple, it is true The door that saved my life is the door I open too [Bridge] When my courage is a thread, when my hands forget to pray When the night pulls at the curtains and I cannot find the way I will remember every mile, every scar and every sign The love that met me broken is still walking close behind No mountain makes it distant, no river makes it small The grace that found me standing is the grace that holds me all [Final Chorus] Amazing grace, you call me by my name Not for what I’ve broken, not for who I blame You lift up my face, you take away the shame I came in from the cold beneath your amazing grace Amazing grace, I’m learning how to stay With both feet on the earth and my heart turned toward the day Your mercy meets me there, steady as a flame I am not the same beneath your amazing grace [Outro] So leave the porch light burning, let the weary find the door What was lost can rise again, and love can make room for more Amazing grace, amazing grace I am not the same
