[Title: Came To Live In You]
[Genre: Americana / Folk Gospel]
[Tempo: 78 BPM]
[Key suggestion: G or D — warm, open, natural for acoustic guitar]
[Vocal: Male baritone, high end of bass range, intimate and settled — not reaching, not performing, just a man telling the truth from a place of rest. Think warm chest voice throughout.]
[Feel: Steady, grounded, resolved — like a man who has been through the fire and found solid ground. Not mournful, not celebratory, but settled and sure. The emotion is not desperation — it's arrival. This is a testimony, not a lecture.]
[Instrumentation: Acoustic guitar lead — fingerpicked verses, light strum on chorus. Light acoustic bass. Minimal percussion — brushed snare or light cajon. Optional steel guitar for warmth on choruses. No heavy production. Let the lyrics breathe.]
[Dynamics: Verses intimate and close. Chorus opens up slightly — warmer, fuller, but never loud. Bridge drops down sparse and direct — almost spoken. Tag returns to bare acoustic, just voice and guitar, hushed and personal to close.]
CAME TO LIVE IN YOU
[Verse 1]
The commandments were never wrong about the way a holy man should walk
They were carved in truth and set in stone on the mountain
But a signpost only tells you where to go — it cannot make you walk
The law could name the drought but never meant to bring the rain
[Verse 2]
The prophets saw a day when God would write His law upon their hearts
That promise was Israel's alone — sealed by covenant, it stands
The schoolmaster did his job and pointed every hungry heart to Christ
And when that work was finished he laid down his hand
[Chorus]
They trembled at the foot of the mountain — couldn't bear to see His face
The veil was mercy — holding back the flame
But when His body broke upon the cross the veil was torn in two
And the holy fire that would have killed them — came to live in you
[Verse 3]
But hidden from the ages was a secret tucked away in the heart of God
No whispers on Mount Sinai, no shadows or pictures left a trace
Paul alone was given what no eye had seen — the fellowship of the mystery
And now we stand as ambassadors of grace
[Chorus]
They trembled at the foot of the mountain — couldn't bear to see His face
The veil was mercy — holding back the flame
But when His body broke upon the cross the veil was torn in two
And the holy fire that would have killed them — came to live in you
[Bridge — drop down, sparse, almost spoken, just voice and guitar]
Cast out the bondwoman — law and grace won't share this house
What Sinai could demand the Spirit now supplies
The handwriting that was against us has been nailed to the cross
[Final Chorus — warmest, fullest moment of the song]
They trembled at the foot of the mountain — couldn't bear to see His face
The veil was mercy — holding back the flame
But when His body broke upon the cross the veil was torn in two
And the holy fire that would have killed them — came to live in you
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