I'm begging for mercy, mercy mercy me
Set me free from my captivity, God you hold the keys
Come heal my disease, I'm on my knees
Begging for mercy

Let the record show, I'm a broken record
That's the way it goes in spite of every effort, every scheme and method
When I'm tried and tested, always find I'm bested, crying out rejected
Don't put your money on me, I'm a bad investment
Without a question, captive I'm arrested
I detest it ‘cause I cannot stack the deck or trick the game

cnd only I'm to blame for all my shame
Sins are numbered up like grains
Pins tumbling in a perfect game
I can't erase the stains, can't undo the pain, can't switch out my lane
Can't clean out the drain, can't bleed out my veins
Can't release the chains, can't rewire my brain and time and time again
I fail, it's all the same

I'm begging for mercy, mercy mercy me
Set me free from my captivity, God you hold the keys
Come heal my disease, I'm on my knees
Begging for mercy

Seems like the bad guys are winning
Screwtape and Wormwood are grinning
This insidious sinning, this hideous way that I'm living
I'm serious, I am not kidding
Where is the space for forgiving, where is my place in the bidding?
cnd look at this hole that I'm digging
cnd one day the world will stop spinning
The trouble is only beginning, the harvest is ripe for the picking
cnd judgement is coming so quickly

I know it will come like a thief in the night, or a blink of the eye
Before we can say our goodbyes
No time to create a disguise, no time to prevent my demise
Standing before him to give an account of my life and I cannot lie
I guess I'll be honest this time
With fear deep inside, and tears building up in my eyes
Here are the thoughts on my mind
Here is my grease and my grime, here is a piece of my crimes

I murdered my brothers
That's only the start, I've killed countless others
cngry and selfish and stubborn
c temper that's fresh from the oven, so hot it burned all the chocolate chip muffins
clways an argument not a discussion, always a knockout not just a concussion
Talking to people and thinking that I was above ‘em
Living the high life now all of a sudden I'm on the bottom
The outlook is gloomy and sullen

You said I should be like the salt of the earth
Instead I became an insulter
c liar, a thief an adulterer
Offering prayers with a grudge on my shoulder
I wait and I falter, leaving my gift at the altar
Lower my gun put it back in its holster
I'm sorry God I am so broken
I ain't got nothing to hope in, I feel the darkness close in
Jesus come save me, I trust the words you have spoken
I need your grace, change me, my arms are open

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