MERCY CAME RUNNIN'
ONCE THERE WAS A HOLY PLACE EVIDENCE OF GOD'S EMBRACE
I CAN ALMOST SEE MERCY'S FACE PRESSED AGAINST THE VEIL
LOOKING DOWN WITH LONGING EYES MERCY MUST HAVE REALIZED
ONCE HIS BLOOD WAS SACRIFICED FREEDOM WOULD PREVAIL
AND AS THE SKY GREW DARK AND THE EARTH BEGAN TO SHAKE
WITH JUSTICE NO LONGER IN THE WAY
CHORUS
MERCY CAME A RUNNIN' LIKE A PRIS'NER SET FREE
PAST ALL MY FAILURES TO THE POINT OF MY NEED
WHEN THE SIN THAT I CARRIED WAS ALL I COULD SEE
AND WHEN I COULD NOT REACH MERCY
MERCY CAME A RUNNIN' TO ME
ONCE THERE WAS A BROKEN HEART WAY TO HUMAN FROM THE START
ALL THE YEARS LEFT IT TORN APART HOPELESS AND AFRAID
WALLS I NEVER MEANT TO BUILD LEFT THIS PRIS'NER UNFULLFILLED
FREEDOM CALLED BUT EVEN STILL IT SEEMED SO FAR AWAY
I WAS BOUND BY THE CHAINS OF THE WAGES OF MY SIN
JUST WHEN I FELT LIKE GIVIN IN
CHORUS
BRIDGE
SO FAR FROM WHERE I REALLY SHOULD BE
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