Still I Pay the Price

Intro (spoken – 2–4 bars)

I ran…

You stayed.

I broke covenant…

You kept it anyway.

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Verse 1 (Blues – 8 bars)

God said, Hosea, take a wife

She will break your heart in time

Not to wound a faithful man

But show My people what they’re like

So he loved her open-handed

Knowing what the cost would be

Every vow she tore apart

Reflected how they turned from Me

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Verse 2 (Blues – 8 bars)

Gomer ran to other arms

Chased the night, chased empty fire

Left his name, left his bed

Left true love for cheap desire

She wore shame like borrowed clothes

Till even sin let go of her

Ended up with nothing left

But chains and dust and broken words

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Chorus (Gospel Blues – 8 bars)

Still I chase you when you run

Still I love you when you fall

Still I stay when you break trust

Still I answer when you call

You sell your heart for lesser things

I pay the price, I pay it all

That ain’t weakness, that is love

Still I pay the price

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Verse 3 (Blues – 8 bars)

God said, go and find your wife

Bring her home, don’t speak her shame

He walked into the market square

Paid her debt and bore her pain

Didn’t buy her just to serve

Brought her back to make her whole

Said, you’re Mine, not what you were

I still want your heart and soul

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Chorus (Repeat – 8 bars)

Still I chase you when you run

Still I love you when you fall

Still I stay when you break trust

Still I answer when you call

You sell your heart for lesser things

I pay the price, I pay it all

That ain’t weakness, that is love

Still I pay the price

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Rap Verse (Gospel Fulfillment – 16 bars)

Hosea was the picture, Jesus was the plan

Shadow on the page, cross in the sand

Hosea paid silver, Christ paid breath

Public shame carried through death

We didn’t slip, we chose the road

Chose comfort, pride, control

Walked ourselves into the chains

Then blamed the weight on God alone

Grace don’t wait for cleaned-up lives

Love moves first, no compromise

We were bought, not bargained for

Blood was paid, the veil was torn

We ran, He chased, the price was full

That’s not weak love, that’s the cross made visible

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Bridge (Gospel Lift – 4 bars)

You didn’t just redeem my soul

You restored my name

You didn’t bring me back in chains

You brought me back in grace

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Final Chorus (8 bars)

Still You chase me when I run

Still You love me when I fall

Still You stay when I break trust

Still You answer when I call

I sold my heart for empty things

You paid the price, You paid it all

That ain’t weakness, that is love

Jesus paid the price

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Outro (spoken / sung – 2–4 bars)

I ran…

You stayed.

I was lost…

You paid.