Trading Ashes

​[Intro]
(Warm piano chords play)
(Ooh, yeah)
It's time to lay the heavy things down.
Lord, I'm giving it all to You.
​[Verse 1]
I’ve been carrying the pain of regret like a stone in my shoe
Thinking that my history was too broken for You to use
Chasing down the approval of people who don't even know my name
Trying to please the world, just getting lost in the game
But You are working on a brand new glory right now
So I’m taking off this heavy, rusted crown
(Taking it off today)
​[Chorus]
(Choir joins in, big and sweeping)
I'm letting it go! Opening my hands so the wind can blow!
Six heavy things that my spirit doesn't need to hold
Trading in my ashes for a street of solid gold
I'm stepping in the freedom, stepping in the grace
Leaving all this baggage in its proper place
(Lord, I let it go!)
​[Verse 2]
I used to have this desperate desire to be in control
But Your plans are better, Your timing is making me whole
Carried all the shame from my past, hiding it deep in my soul
But You don't see the dirt, You stepped in and paid the toll
Looking up to Heaven to walk in the light of the day
Washing all the shadows and the sorrow away
(Washing it all away!)
​[Chorus]
(Choir and heavy drums)
I'm letting it go! Opening my hands so the wind can blow!
Six heavy things that my spirit doesn't need to hold
Trading in my ashes for a street of solid gold
I'm stepping in the freedom, stepping in the grace
Leaving all this baggage in its proper place
(Lord, I let it go!)
​[Verse 3]
(Music breaks down, soft and intimate)
No more fear of the future, no more dreading the dark
You are already there, You are protecting my heart
And I'm dropping unforgiveness, leaving the bitter behind
Your grace is doing what my anger could never unwind
I'm standing at the altar with my hands opened wide
Leaving all my heavy burdens on the other side!
(Watch me walk in freedom!)
​[Chorus]
(Full energy, soaring vocals)
I'm letting it go! Opening my hands so the wind can blow!
Six heavy things that my spirit doesn't need to hold
Trading in my ashes for a street of solid gold
I'm stepping in the freedom, stepping in the grace
Leaving all this baggage in its proper place
(Lord, I let it go!)
​[Outro]
(Beat fades, rhythmic clapping and choir chants)
Pain of regret... (I let it go!)
Need for approval... (I let it go!)
Desire to control... (I let it go!)
Shame from the past... (I let it go!)
Fear of the future... (I let it go!)
Unforgiveness... (I let it go!)
I am free.
(Eyepiercinglove)
(Fade to silence)

Gospel R&B, soulful female vocals, warm piano, building choir, heavy drum, empowering healing anthem, uplifting, 80 BPM