[VERSE 1] Before there was a Tuesday Before there was a why Three voices in the timeless Made a promise that won't die The Father said, I give them The Son said, I will go The Spirit said, I'll seal them And the deal was struck below no roof at all [CHORUS] It was settled, it was sworn Before a single day was born My name was in the language Of an everlasting word Not a gamble, not a guess Not a maybe, not unless The Three had already saved me Before the saving could be heard [VERSE 2] I never signed the paper I was never in the room But the One who is three Persons Made a covenant through the gloom Where freewillers see a courtroom And a deal that I could break The framework finds a promise That the Promiser would keep, for His own sake [CHORUS] It was settled, it was sworn Before a single day was born My name was in the language Of an everlasting word Not a gamble, not a guess Not a maybe, not unless The Three had already saved me Before the saving could be heard [BRIDGE] What love agrees in private And tells you years too late The rescue was decided While you were still a thought, a date [FINAL CHORUS] It was settled, it was sworn Before a single day was born My name was in the language Of an everlasting word Not a gamble, not a guess Not a maybe, not unless The Three had already saved me And the saving holds, the saving holds