Old rugged cross

Verse 1

On a hill full of silence and sorrow,

Stood a cross that would carry my name.

Though I ran through the fire and the shadows,

Still His mercy kept calling my shame.

Chorus

So I’ll cling to the cross that still carried me,

When my hands were too weary to pray.

I was lost, but His love came and rescued me,

And my chains at His feet fell away.

Verse 2

I have walked through the storms and the violence,

I have tasted the sting of regret.

But that cross bore the weight of my darkness,

And reminded my soul not to quit.

Chorus

So I’ll cling to the cross that still carried me,

When my heart was too broken to stand.

I was blind, but His grace gave me eyes to see,

Now I walk with my life in His hands.

Verse 3

There were nights when I questioned His promise,

When I thought I had wandered too far.

But His blood wrote a new song within me,

And His light met me deep in the dark.

Chorus

Yes, I’ll cling to the cross that still carried me,

Through the wounds and the weight of my past.

And I’ll sing of the One who died just for me—

For His love will forever outlast.

Final verse

So I’ll cherish the cross, not just wood and nails—

But the grace that made this sinner free.

All my life I will stand, by His mercy held—

By the cross that first carried me.