Clean Again

I've been carrying this thing for so long I forgot what it felt like to put it down

The guilt became my shadow, and the shame became my crown

I told myself I'd done too much — that some things don't get forgiven

That I'd crossed a line so far that God couldn't reach where I was living

But something broke the day I finally stopped pretending I was fine

Fell on my face in my bedroom floor — ran out of reasons to decline

And I confessed it all — every single thing I'd held so tight

And something washed over me I hadn't felt in years — something bright

Clean again — I am clean again

If I confess my sins, He is faithful and just to forgive

Clean again — washed white as snow again

He cleanses me from all unrighteousness — I get to live

I don't have to carry what He already paid for

I don't have to drown in what He already washed away

Clean again — yes, I am clean again

His forgiveness is real — today is a new day

Now here's the harder part — the part I didn't want to hear

There's somebody I've been holding hostage for the better part of a year

They hurt me, Lord — they really hurt me — and I want to hold that debt

But You keep telling me the freedom that I want — I have to give it — let it let go yet

Because unforgiveness is a poison — it eats the one who holds the cup

And You didn't just forgive me once — You forgave me when I messed up

So with every bit of grace I have, I'm choosing to release

What they owe me — to the One who paid it — and I'm finally finding peace

Clean again — I am clean again

If I confess my sins, He is faithful and just to forgive

Clean again — washed white as snow again

He cleanses me from all unrighteousness — I get to live

I don't have to carry what He already paid for

I don't have to drown in what He already washed away

Clean again — yes, I am clean again

His forgiveness is real — today is a new day

The blood of Jesus speaks a better word

Than all the accusations ever heard

Louder than my guilt — louder than my shame

The blood cries out mercy — it keeps on saying my name

I am forgiven — fully, freely, finally

I am not the sum of every time I fell

And neither is the person I've been holding at arm's length

So I release — I release — I release — and it is well

The blood still works — the blood still works — the blood still works today

Clean again — I am clean again

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just

Clean again — washed white as snow again

He cleanses us from all unrighteousness — we can trust

I don't have to carry what He already paid for

I don't have to drown in what He already washed away

Clean again — say it — I am clean again

His forgiveness is real — His forgiveness is real

I am clean — I am clean — I am clean