Verse 1
I asked the devil, “Why are you crying?”
And he whispered, “Because I thought I had you…”
“But every time I knocked you down,
Your God was there to pull you through.”
“I watched you walk through fire,
I watched you fall down on your knees,
And every time you called His name,
You broke another chain on me.”
Chorus
I asked the devil, “Why are you crying?”
And he whispered, “Because I thought I had you”
I watched you walk through the fire
But somehow your God kept pulling you through
Every chain that I wrapped around you
Every scar I thought would never heal
Only brought you closer to the Savior
And showed you His love was real
Verse 2
The devil hugged me and he started crying
I said, “Why are you crying?” as the tears fell down
He whispered, “I know every wound and every piece
That I stole from you and scattered on the ground
But somehow through the broken
And everything I left behind
You still chose to love people
With the pieces I thought I’d destroyed inside”
Chorus
I asked the devil, “Why are you crying?”
And he whispered, “Because I thought I had you”
I watched you walk through the fire
But somehow your God kept pulling you through
Every chain that I wrapped around you
Every scar I thought would never heal
Only brought you closer to the Savior
And showed you His love was real
Bridge
You tried to break me
But God made me stronger
You tried to bury me
But my roots grew deeper
You took your best shot
But grace had the final say
What you meant to destroy me
God used to make a way
And with every broken piece
That you thought I’d never find
God put love back in my hands
So I could give it to someone else in time
Final Chorus
I asked the devil, “Why are you crying?”
And he whispered, “Because I thought I had you”
I watched you walk through the fire
But somehow your God kept pulling you through
Every chain that I wrapped around you
Every scar I thought would never heal
Only brought you closer to the Savior
And showed you His love was real
Outro
The devil looked at me with tears in his eyes
And whispered, “I thought your story was mine…”
But I smiled and said,
“You may have wounded me…
But you never owned me.”
“Jesus had me all along.”