Verse 1
I remember who I was
Running hard from love and truth
Wore my shame like armor plates
Tried to drown it in the noise
I don’t hide it, I don’t lie
But I don’t live there anymore
That old name don’t fit my skin
You rewrote the score of war
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Pre-Chorus
I won’t crawl back to yesterday
Won’t waste the blood You paid
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Chorus
You can’t live in who you were
If you’re becoming what God says you’ll be
My yesterday’s behind the cross
Now it stands as my testimony
It is finished—You declared
Every chain, every debt, every fear
I don’t walk in shame or regret
It’s done—dead—over
IT IS FINISHED
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Verse 2
Not proud of every road I burned
But I see the hands that pulled me out
Mercy didn’t wipe the scars
It turned the damage into proof
Every mark still tells the truth
Not about me—about You
I was lost inside the dark
Now I walk in something new
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Pre-Chorus
I won’t let my history
Steal the future You gave me
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Chorus
You can’t live in who you were
If you’re becoming what God says you’ll be
My yesterday’s behind the cross
Now it stands as my testimony
It is finished—You declared
Every chain, every debt, every fear
I don’t walk in shame or regret
It’s done—dead—over
IT IS FINISHED
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Bridge (Drop to half-time, open chords, James Hetfield weight)
Paid in full—
That’s what the cross screamed out
Stone rolled back—
This grave’s shut down
What You buried stays buried
I won’t raise it again
My past is not my prison
It’s the proof You stepped in
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Solo Section
(Melodic, controlled—no shredding, just emotion)
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Final Chorus (Big, open, stacked vocals)
You can’t live in who you were
If you’re becoming what God says you’ll be
My yesterday’s behind the cross
Now it stands as my testimony
It is finished—You declared
Every chain, every debt, every fear
I don’t walk in shame or regret
It’s done—dead—over
IT IS FINISHED
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Outro
My yesterdays are in the grave
This is where the new man stays
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