Verse 1
Thirty-eight years by the water’s edge
Watching mercy pass him again
Strong step first when the water breaks
Weak learn patience, learn to wait
We’ve built homes on a borrowed floor
Learned excuses like sacred law
Comfort dressed up sounding like faith
While freedom sleeps beside the mat
Pre-Chorus
Then He asked what still cuts deep
Not “do you hurt”
But “do you want free”
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Chorus
Do you have a corner man
When the truth hits hard
Are you still weighed down by your mat
Or just playing your part
Do we swim downstream to follow the crowd
Or swim upstream to be the example now
Faith ain’t proven laying flat
Get up
Don’t lay back on the mat
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Verse 2
“No one helps me when the water moves”
Same old line, same worn excuse
Waiting felt holy, safe, and right
But obedience doesn’t wait in line
He didn’t bless the fear or stall
Didn’t need the pool at all
Said stand up, move your feet
Healing came with responsibility
Pre-Chorus
Grace spoke loud, not a suggestion
Freedom moves in the right direction
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Chorus
Do you have a corner man
Or excuses stacked
Are you still weighed down by your mat
Calling comfort faith instead of fact
Do we swim downstream with the crowd
Waiting on a sign
Or swim upstream when the command says
Now’s the time
Get up
Don’t lay back on the mat
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Bridge (Half-time, men’s chant feel)
Shepherd’s Light — we don’t stand alone
Kingdom Connections — flesh and bone
Iron sharpening iron, side by side
Calling each other back to life
If I love you, I won’t let you stay
Where old sins rot and truth decays
Accountability isn’t chains or shame
It’s brothers calling brothers by name
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Breakdown (spoken / growled, minimal instruments)
We weren’t saved to sit and wait
We weren’t healed to hesitate
If you see your brother stray
You don’t stay quiet
You step in
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Final Chorus (big, unified, gang vocals)
We’ve got a corner man
When conviction lands
We’re not laying down on yesterday
We’re walking like healed men
We don’t swim downstream to blend in the crowd
We swim upstream to be the example now
Faith walks forward, doesn’t crawl back
Get up
Don’t lay back on the mat
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Outro (James 5:19 – anthem send-off)
If a brother wanders from the truth
We don’t turn our eyes away
Love steps in and pulls him back
That’s how the Kingdom stays
Whoever turns a sinner from his way
Saves a soul from death
Covers a multitude of sins
So be the corner man
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