[Verse 1]
Twenty-six - summoned like some criminal to trial,
Three elders staring, cold eyes, zero smiles.
“Why you ain’t tithed?” like they caught me in a crime,
I said, “I give when I’m led - not nickel-and-dime.”
Their jaws dropped hard - priceless shock,
Doctrines glitching, pride about to lock.
Quoted law like judges with a holy badge drawn,
But I dropped grace verses - boom - lights turned on.

[Verse 2]
“Not under law but grace,” yeah I laid that down,
Galatians 5:1 - freedom shook the ground.
Gave scripture like ammo - sharp, clean, precise,
Cheerful-giver heart, not a religious device.
Instead of praise - they muted my tone,
Pulled ministry from me like tearing out bone.
Said “Go find a church aligned with your views,”
Left me wounded - but God turned that bruise into truth.

[Chorus - Sung]
I walked out wounded, but I walked out free,
They cut my place, but they didn't cut me.
Grace held strong when the doors slammed shut,
I'm standing where the Shepherd leads - and that's enough.
If I walk alone, then I'll walk unshaken,
Faith over approval - never mistaken.
I’ll follow God even if no one else comes - 
My freedom was born when their judgment was done.

[Verse 3]
Called my wife shaken - voice breaking apart,
Drove home in tears with a punctured heart.
Twenty-five years later I thank God for that door,
What hurt like death became strength at the core.
Still independent - Scripture lit like a torch,
No creed owns me, no chain from the church.
Truth is Spirit-taught - not elder-owned,
I answer to Christ - not the voice of a throne.

[Verse 4]
Rapid-fire synapse, mind loaded with landmines,
Truth over tradition - I break out of your guidelines.
Independent thought detonating every fault-line,
Scripture is a sword - not a fence for your grapevine.
Exile me again - watch me rise like rewind,
Cage my voice? never - you can't imprison a mind.
Grace made me bulletproof - sharpened by the grind,
Rejected by men but I'm chosen, refined.

[Verse 5]
Years passed - and I learned that the hardest part’s pride,
You think you know truth till God flips you inside.
I held tight to the scriptures, but the light kept expanding,
Views shifted, broke, rebuilt - grace still standing.
No man graduates faith, we just grow through the strain,
I’ve been wrong before - and I’ll be wrong again.
But I’d rather wrestle free than be spoon-fed blind,
Truth means more when you seek it and God lets you find.

[Verse 6]
So I walk with a limp, but I walk with my head,
Not chained to tradition nor the words of the dead.
Churches want soldiers who never ask why,
But I was born with a fire - I can’t pacify.
If leadership means silence, then leave me outside,
If unity costs conscience, I’ll pay that divide.
Christ leads - not councils, not titles, not men,
If the gate shuts again - I’ll still enter through Him.

[Verse 7]
I’m not bitter, I’m built - through rejection I grew,
Found faith isn’t proven by who sits with you.
The Shepherd calls forward - I don’t turn around,
I lost man’s approval but heaven was found.
Let the walls shake again - I’ll walk through unbroken,
My loyalty's written in Scripture unspoken.
I’ll follow till breath fades and feet find that City -
Where no one’s exiled, and grace has no committee.

[Bridge]
I respect good leaders - but I bow to One throne.
If I must walk alone - then I’ll walk fully known.

[Final Chorus x2]
I walked out wounded, but I walked out free,
No chain survives when the Lord holds the key.
Grace held strong when religion withdrew -
I don't need their approval - I know what is true.
If I walk alone, then I'll walk unshaken,
Faith over the system - never mistaken.
I’ll follow God even if no one else comes -
My freedom was born when their judgment was done.