Verse 1 —
There were days the earth was trembling,
Under the weight of all our sin.
Every heartbeat felt like judgment,
Every breath a fading hymn.
Human hands had stained creation,
Every promise we betrayed.
If justice fell the way it should have,
Not a soul would have been saved.
Pre‑Chorus —
But mercy stood
Between our fall…
A quiet love
That covered all.
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Chorus —
We should have been the ashes on the wind,
A story ending where it all began.
But mercy held the world together,
Mercy wrote a different plan.
When every hope was sinking in the dark,
Your love reached out and took our place.
You sent Your Son to die for sinners —
And called it mercy, called it grace.
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Verse 2 —
You saw the flood of our rebellion,
You saw the fire in our ways.
You could have spoken one last sentence,
Let the world dissolve in flames.
But You remembered we were dust, Lord,
You saw the ones You longed to save.
So You stepped into our story,
Wore a cross and bore our shame.
Pre‑Chorus —
When justice cried,
Your mercy stayed…
And every debt
Was washed away.
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Chorus —
We should have been the ashes on the wind,
A story ending where it all began.
But mercy held the world together,
Mercy wrote a different plan.
When every hope was sinking in the dark,
Your love reached out and took our place.
You sent Your Son to die for sinners —
And called it mercy, called it grace.
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Bridge —
You saw the world was breaking,
But You refused to let it drown.
You held the cross above the waters,
And pulled our dying hearts to solid ground.
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Final Chorus —
We should have been the ashes on the wind,
A story ending where it all began.
But mercy held the world together,
Mercy wrote a different plan.
When every hope was sinking in the dark,
Your love reached out and took our place.
You sent Your Son to die for sinners —
And called it mercy, called it grace… called it grace
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