Lower than the Floor

Verse 1

I was a hard-headed kid with a loudmouth cry

Kicking the dust when the answer was no

Thought if I pushed hard enough, I’d get by

Learned early how to wrestle control

I grew up strong, learned to hide the fight

Put a clean shirt on a restless soul

Same old pride in a different light

Still trying to carry what I can’t hold

Pre-Chorus

I thought louder meant stronger somehow

Till the silence finally spoke me down

Chorus

I had to get lower than the floor

Before I knew what my knees were for

I tried to stand tall, but I couldn’t stand

Till I bowed under a greater hand

Grace didn’t meet me on higher ground

It found me when I fell face down

I didn’t get lifted till I learned how

To get lower than the floor

Verse 2

The tantrums changed, but the heart stayed loud

Just wore boots instead of tears

Shut my mouth, but I burned inside

Tried to drown it with work and years

Then the bottom dropped, like it always does

When pride’s the one in charge

Lost my grip on the life I loved

And found out how weak I was

Pre-Chorus

No leverage left, no place to run

That’s where the healing begun

Chorus

I had to get lower than the floor

Before I knew what my knees were for

I tried to stand tall, but I couldn’t stand

Till I bowed under a greater hand

Grace didn’t meet me on higher ground

It found me when I fell face down

I didn’t get lifted till I learned how

To get lower than the floor

Bridge

A child don’t fight when his strength is gone

He falls into arms he can trust

A broken heart ain’t turned away

When it’s honest in the dust

You resist the proud, but You stay near

When humility walks in

So here I am, no excuses now

Just mercy and amen

Chorus (Final, Bigger)

I had to get lower than the floor

Before I knew what my knees were for

I don’t demand, I don’t pretend

I trust the lift will come when You send

If strength is found in surrendering down

Then this is the strongest place I’ve found

I didn’t get lifted till I learned how

To get lower than the floor

Outro

I’m not afraid of falling now

I know Who meets me there

The ground I feared became the place

Where freedom found me fair