[Verse 1]
I grew up in hell
Brown carpet, thin walls
Her shadow in the doorway
breathing alcohol
She made me kneel down
on linoleum cracks
"You are a worthless nobody"
echoed in my back
[Chorus]
But You, Lord, said "I love you"
right into the bruise, into the fear
You walked those broken hallways
like they were clear
You gathered every insult
set them on fire till they fell
You said "You are my somebody"
in the middle of my hell
[Verse 2]
I slept on cold stairs
cardboard and loose change
Streetlights watched me flinch
at every shouted name
I learned hate like homework
carved it in my skin
But You sat on the curbside
let the mercy begin
[Chorus]
'Cause You, Lord, said "I love you"
right into the bruise, into the fear
You walked those broken hallways
like they were clear
You gathered every insult
set them on fire till they fell
You said "You are my somebody"
in the middle of my hell
[Bridge]
I saw all the nights
You saw more than that
You saw who I’d be
not where I was at
If every scar's a story
then every tear You knew
I thought I was abandoned
turns out it was You
[Chorus]
Yeah, You, Lord, said "I love you"
right into the bruise, into the fear
You walked those broken hallways
told me "I am here"
You gathered every insult
set them on fire till they fell
You said "You are my somebody"
You pulled me from that hell