[Title: Worthy (If You Work It, It's Worth It)] [Style: Christian Contemporary Ballad] [CCM Power Ballad] [Emotional Build] [Intro] [Music Tag: Soft Piano, Light Atmospheric Pad, Slow Tempo] [Verse 1] [Music Tag: Piano and a Quiet, Vulnerable Female Vocal] This journey isn't easy, This "work" is hard to do. Facing all the shadows To let the light shine through. My past feels like a mountain, My shame, a heavy cloak, My self-esteem was fractured, My spirit almost broke. [Pre-Chorus] [Music Tag: Music swells, Soft steady drums, Bassline enters, Hopeful Tone] But I'm working on my steps, Confronting all my sin, And I’m holding to a promise Of where I can begin. His love is high as heavens, His grace, a universe, It’s the anchor for my healing, The truest sound I've heard... [Chorus] [Music Tag: Full band kicks in, Big drums, Bass, Soaring electric guitars, Strong high vocals] This is my testimony! The reason I believe! The work is hard, I know it, But it's worth it to receive! My past is not my future, My shame is not my name, If you work it, it's worth it... 'Cause He says that I am worthy all the same! [Verse 2] [Music Tag: Music comes down a bit, but the rhythm is still driving] I was sitting with that promise, When Matthew's chapters clicked, A "blessed are the mourning" For a spirit He came to fix. It was the first confirmation, A whisper in the rain, A sign that He was with me, And understood my pain. [Pre-Chorus] [Music Tag: Music swells again, Building harmonies] And I’m holding to that promise From 1 John 1:9, That He is faithful, He is just, And He will make me shine. His love is high as heavens, His grace, a universe, It’s the anchor for my healing, The truest sound I've heard! [Chorus] [Music Tag: Even bigger this time, Layered harmonies, Soaring vocals, Cymbals crashing] This is my testimony! The reason I believe! The work is hard, I know it, But it's worth it to receive! My past is not my future, My shame is not my name, If you work it, it's worth it... 'Cause He says that I am worthy all the same! [Bridge] [Music Tag: Music drops to just piano, vocals, and a high string pad, Intimate and powerful] And then... right after claiming That grace I couldn't earn, I found a simple check, A blessing in return. A check I didn't look for... Money I didn't know... It was a tangible reminder: "I see the way you grow." [Music Tag: Drums start a slow, building roll, Cymbals swell] [Final Chorus] [Music Tag: MASSIVE, Full band, All in, Soaring ad-libs, Gospel Choir (Optional)] THIS IS MY TESTIMONY! THE REASON I BELIEVE! THE WORK IS HARD, I KNOW IT, BUT IT'S WORTH IT TO RECEIVE! MY PAST IS NOT MY FUTURE! MY SHAME IS NOT MY NAME! IF YOU WORK IT, IT'S WORTH IT... 'CAUSE HE SAYS THAT I AM WORTHY ALL THE SAME! [Outro] [Music Tag: Music fades slowly, back to just the piano from the intro] If you work it... it's worth it. ...You're worthy. ...All the same. [Music Tag: Piano fades to silence]