[Verse 1]
I came in tired and torn
With dust on my name
Hands full of nothing
Heart full of shame
I tried to buy my way in
With a borrowed grin
But the door stood still
And I could not get in
[Pre-Chorus]
Then You said, child, listen
Don’t carry that load
The road to mercy
Was already showed
Not by my earning
Not by my might
You made a way
In the flood of light
[Chorus]
By grace through faith
(oh, by grace through faith)
By grace through faith
(Jesus made a way)
I can’t earn salvation
You paid the whole cost
By grace through faith
The saved were found by love
[Verse 2]
You walked that hillside
With a cross on Your back
No crown of gold
Just a thorny track
You took my burden
You took my sin
When it was finished
New life began
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I stand forgiven
With my head held high
Not by my good works
But a blood-red sky
You broke the chain
You split the night
You raised me up
And made me right
[Chorus]
By grace through faith
(oh, by grace through faith)
By grace through faith
(Jesus made a way)
I can’t earn salvation
You paid the whole cost
By grace through faith
The saved were found by love
[Bridge]
No ladder I climbed
No gold I could bring
Just open hands
And a broken song to sing
You took the old debt
Nailed it away
Now every lost soul
Can come and stay
[Chorus]
By grace through faith
(oh, by grace through faith)
By grace through faith
(Jesus made a way)
I can’t earn salvation
You paid the whole cost
By grace through faith
The saved were found by love
[Outro]
I was dead in the water
Now I’m standing in dawn
By grace through faith
I am not my own
By grace through faith
By grace through faith