The Debt Repaid

Mmm-mmm.

The books are balanced now.

The ink is dry.

(Amen)

You stood at the threshold with a funeral shroud

Waiting for the silence, waiting for the cloud

You had the dirt on the shovel, a grin on your face

Ready to witness my fall from grace

But you forgot who authored the breath in my lungs

You forgot the power of the heavenly tongues

I didn't just survive the storm and the cold

I came out wearing a crown made of gold

Better than ever, a brand new design

The light that you dimmed? It’s starting to shine.

The debt is repaid, the ledger is clear

I’m standing in glory, I’m finished with fear

I am now better than ever before

I am now better than ever before

My soul’s out the red, I’m back in the black

I’m taking the pieces that you tried to hack

Aligned with my destiny, walking the floor

I am now better than ever before.

I remember the nights I was begging for air

With a heart overdrafted and nobody there

I gave you the marrow, I gave you the bone

While you left me to starve on a cold, empty throne

But the Father was watching the dues that I paid

He counted the tears and the prayers that I made

He saw every time that I bent but didn't snap

He saw every snare and he saw every trap

Now the "fictional" love that you claimed was a lie

Is the fire that's burning right under my sky.

You thought the devil had won the long game

Until he met the Power that’s inside the Name

The one above all, the Ancient of Days

Who turned all my mourning to anthems of praise (yeah!)

The debt is repaid, the ledger is clear

I’m standing in glory, I’m finished with fear

I am now better than ever before

I am now better than ever before

My soul’s out the red, I’m back in the black

I’m taking the pieces that you tried to hack

Aligned with my destiny, walking the floor

I am now better than ever before.

Walk in unity? You weren't prepared.

Share the covenant? You were too scared.

But the debt that was owed to my spirit and name

Is coming back tenfold, it’s coming like flame

I am whole.

I am sound.

I am standing on holy and beautiful ground

Every overdraft fee has been paid by the Son

The test has been passed and the battle is won!

So stay outside the door if you want to remain

But you won't find a trace of the old kind of pain

I don't hold the anger, I don't hold the grudge

I leave all the weight to the Ultimate Judge

I’m breathing in mercy, I’m breathing in truth

Restoring the years and the strength of my youth

You were a lesson, a stone in the shoe

But I’m miles ahead of the memory of you.

The debt is repaid, the ledger is clear

I’m standing in glory, I’m finished with fear

I am now better than ever before

I am now better than ever before

My soul’s out the red, I’m back in the black

I’m taking the pieces that you tried to hack

Aligned with my destiny, walking the floor

I am now