Grip The Cross

I’ve been down on my knees so long

The floor feels like a grave

Every prayer I sent to heaven

Feels like it lost its way

The enemy is loud tonight

He’s screaming in my ears

Telling me that God forgot me

Telling me to disappear

But I can feel it in my chest

Something burning, won’t give in

Even when my hands are shaking

Even when I’m wearing thin

So I’ll grip the cross when I’m falling

Hold the blood that paid my cost

I will fight through hell and darkness

I will never count the loss

When the world says let it go now

When my flesh says I am done

I will grip the cross, I’ll grip the cross

Till the battle has been won

I have walked through fire seasons

And I’ve walked through floods of shame

I have screamed into the silence

And I’ve cursed out at the rain

But every time I hit the bottom

Every time I hit the floor

There was something in the darkness

Pulling me back to the shore

And I can feel it in my chest

Something burning, won’t give in

Even when my hands are shaking

Even when I’m wearing thin

So I’ll grip the cross when I’m falling

Hold the blood that paid my cost

I will fight through hell and darkness

I will never count the loss

When the world says let it go now

When my flesh says I am done

I will grip the cross, I’ll grip the cross

Till the battle has been won

(Single guitar, raw vocals — then builds)

I don’t have to understand it

I just have to hold on tight

Even when the road is bleeding

Even when I’ve lost the fight

You were there in every valley

You were there in every war

You were crimson on that cross for me

So I’ll hold on evermore

(Full band crashes back in)

HOLD ON — HOLD ON

HOLD ON — HOLD ON

So I’ll grip the cross when I’m falling

Hold the blood that paid my cost

I will fight through hell and darkness

I will never count the loss

When the world says let it go now

When my flesh says I am done

I will grip the cross, I’ll grip the cross

Till the battle has been won