He Never Let Me Go
Verse 1
I grew up in a house where the whiskey always won,
An angry man and a scared little boy trying hard to run.
Daddy taught me basketball, taught me football in the yard,
Showed me how to cook a meal, but loving came too hard.
I carried wounds I couldn’t see, hidden deep inside,
Looking for acceptance in the darkness of my life.
Every road I chose without God led me farther from the truth,
Trying to fill an empty heart with things that never could.
Chorus
But He never let me go, no, He never let me go,
Through the wreckage and the ruin, through the highs and lows.
When I ran from His mercy, when I cursed His holy name,
His faithfulness stayed with me, and His love remained the same.
Like a gentleman He waited at the door of my soul,
And now I know through every step, He never let me go.
Verse 2
I became the man I swore that I would never be,
Addiction wrapped its chains around every part of me.
I heard about a Savior who could wash my sins away,
But grace seemed too good to be true, so I kept Him far away.
Still God was writing mercy in every breath I drew,
Protecting me from things I never even knew.
Looking back I see His hand in every narrow escape,
A thousand undeserved blessings from a God who chose to stay.
Chorus
He never let me go, no, He never let me go,
Through the wreckage and the ruin, through the highs and lows.
When I ran from His mercy, when I cursed His holy name,
His faithfulness stayed with me, and His love remained the same.
Like a gentleman He waited at the door of my soul,
And now I know through every step, He never let me go.
Bridge
Then one lonely night I fell down on my knees,
With tears on the floor and no strength left in me.
I cried, “God, if You’re there, I need You right now.”
And in the silence of that room, His presence settled down.
I felt a peace I’d never known wash over all my shame,
And for the first time in my life, I heard Him call my name.
He showed me all the years I’d spent believing I was lost,
While He had been carrying me through every storm I crossed.
And He helped me forgive the man who didn’t know how to love,
Because forgiveness set me free and pointed me above.
The same grace that rescued me was grace my father needed too,
And mercy changed my story when I finally saw the truth.
Final Chorus
He never let me go, no, He never let me go,
Through the valleys and the shadows, through the fire and the smoke.
When I was at my weakest, when I couldn’t stand alone,
The nail-scarred hands of Jesus carried me all the way home.
Now redemption is my story, and forgiveness is my song,
God’s faithfulness has held me every day my whole life long.
I thought I was abandoned, but Heaven says that’s not so,
I can testify forever—He never let me go.
Outro
Amazing grace was chasing me before I’d ever known,
And looking back through every mile, I can finally see it now…
He never left me.
He never failed me.
He never let me go.
