Look At Me

Intro (spoken over low riff, half-time pulse)

Not everyone who says Your name

Belongs to You.

Verse 1 (low, controlled, venomous)

Built my name on holy sound

Raised my hands, wore heaven’s crown

Learned the words, played the part

Kept the cross away from my heart

I moved the crowd, I stirred the fire

Spoke Your truth through borrowed power

Every miracle, every sign

Just another way to make me shine

Pre-Chorus (tight, rising tension)

I heard Your voice, I chose the noise

I loved the gift, ignored the choice

Chorus (huge, anthemic, open chords)

LOOK AT ME

All I did in Jesus’ name

I wore Your truth like armor

But never let it break me

LOOK AT ME

Hands were clean, but heart untrue

I knew the verse, I knew the work

But I never knew You

Verse 2 (groove locks in, darker)

Gave to be seen, prayed to be heard

Faith reduced to empty words

Built my house on praise and sand

Claimed Your strength with shaking hands

Lips were close, heart stayed far

Used Your altar as a stage for my art

I spoke of love, I walked in pride

Whitewashed soul, dead inside

Pre-Chorus 2 (break, then slam back in)

You wanted sons, I chose the throne

I stood so loud, but stood alone

Chorus (bigger, more desperate)

LOOK AT ME

All I did in Jesus’ name

Cast out fear, preached Your kingdom

Never let You change me

LOOK AT ME

I stood tall, I never bowed

I chased the crown, I fed the crowd

And left my cross in the ground

Bridge (drop to near silence, spoken then screamed)

What good is faith without love

What good are works without blood

If I gain the world, lose my soul

Was I ever Yours at all

(Search me)

Rip the mask from my face

(Know me)

I don’t want a borrowed flame

Break the altar I built for myself

Kill the god that I made in Your name

Breakdown (slow, crushing, space between hits)

I built my life on hollow praise

Heard Your truth, refused Your ways

I said “Lord, Lord” with empty breath

Played religion

Chose my death

Final Chorus (last stand, massive)

LOOK AT ME

Standing at eternity

Every crown reduced to rust

Every reason burned away from me

LOOK AT ME

Nothing left to justify

All my works before the fire

Truth staring through my lies

Outro (instruments drop, one voice, final hit after)

And You looked at me

And You spoke the words

That shattered everything I was…

“I never knew you.”