[VERSE 1]
Yeah, it hit me like a freight train cracking through my pride,
Some revelation burning up everything I tried to hide.
I was loud with my new truth, swinging it around like a fist,
Turning every quiet moment into something they “had to get.”

I was preaching at the dinner table, arguing in the car,
Quoting sovereignty like I was some rising star.
Funny how conviction turns into a hammer overnight!
And I guess I forgot that grace was supposed to make me kind.

[PRE-CHORUS]
I thought the world would change if I pushed hard enough,
Didn’t see my own reflection drowning in the bluff…

[CHORUS]
But God gives the growth - no matter how loud I speak,
No matter how tight I cling to the strength of the weak.
I’m learning to breathe, learning not to rewind.
’Cause truth without grace is a cage in my mind.

[VERSE 2]
I was staring at the world through a lens I barely understood,
Calling out darkness like I owned the neighborhood.
Never knew how deep the shadows ran inside of me,
I was blaming everyone else for the things I couldn’t see.

Oh, freedom isn’t fury, and growth isn’t speed,
And love isn’t something you force till they bleed.
Yeah, Scripture broke me open like a heart under a flood,
And the grace that cracked me is the grace that pulled me out of the mud.

[PRE-CHORUS]
And the truth that woke me up from my arrogant sleep
Keeps telling me patience isn’t something cheap…

[CHORUS]
’Cause God gives the growth - not the pressure I bring,
Not the weight of my tone or the cleverness I sing.
Teach me to wait, to stop running blind,
’Cause truth without grace is a cage in my mind.

[BREAKDOWN]
I’m letting go of the crown I tried to own,
Letting go of the battles I fought alone.
I’m trying to trust, trying to be aligned,
Trying to loosen the knots I’ve tied in my mind.

[BRIDGE]
It took years for You to melt the iron in my spine,
So give me love for the ones still stuck in the grind.
If You took time with me, I can take time with them.
Grace doesn’t hurry what You rebuild again.

[FINAL CHORUS]
Yeah, God gives the growth - every seed, every start,
Every shattered belief, every change of the heart.
So lead me in kindness, leave the striving behind,
’Cause truth without grace is a cage in my mind.

[OUTRO]
Break the cage… let mercy unwind…
Let love be the banner of every truth I find.