Weight of The Word

Verse 1

Dust on my heart like a tomb I sealed,

Running from the truth I refused to feel.

Voices in the dark kept calling my name,

But I drowned ’em in the static of my own shame.

Thought I was righteous, thought I was strong,

But the mirror of the Word said I had it all wrong.

Pre-Chorus

And when the light hit the shadow I’d been hiding in,

I felt the tremor —

I saw the horror —

The weight of my sin.

Chorus

When the Gospel thundered, it split me open wide,

Burned down the lies I used to build my pride.

I felt the chains I forged across my soul ignite —

But grace came crashing in like fire through the night.

Now I know the cost… the Savior paid for me,

When I finally saw the cross — and what it set me free from.

Verse 2

I walked the line with a counterfeit crown,

Never thought I’d fall, but I kept falling down.

The law hit hard like a hammer on stone,

Every broken promise cut straight to the bone.

No alibi left, nowhere to run —

My guilt stared back like the barrel of a loaded gun.

Pre-Chorus

And in the stillness I heard mercy calling out my name,

I felt the fracture —

The holy rupture —

My heart was never the same.

Chorus

When the Gospel thundered, it split me open wide,

Burned down the lies I used to build my pride.

I felt the chains I forged across my soul ignite —

But grace came crashing in like fire through the night.

Now I know the cost… the Savior paid for me,

When I finally saw the cross — and what it set me free from.

Bridge (Heavy, Driving, Emotional)

Echoes of the nails… I can hear them still.

Every strike a witness to a greater will.

My debt on His shoulders, my darkness undone —

The grave was a battle, and mercy won.

Tremble, old self — your kingdom’s gone.

Rise, new heart — beat loud, beat strong.

Final Chorus (Bigger, More Intense)

When the Gospel thundered, it tore the night in two,

Showed me the Judge… and then the Savior too.

Grace hit harder than the weight of all my sin —

Love broke the gates and dragged me back again.

Now I live awake… redeemed, undone, set free —

By the crucified King who died instead of me.

Outro

Fire in my veins, truth carved in stone —

I was lost in the dark, but He called me His own.