"Good to Be Free" is about the release we find in Jesus. It's not about escaping life but more about taking on the Lord's yoke, which is easy and never more than we can handle. It's about realizing that God is in control. Even though we are pressured on a daily basis by all sorts of things, we can find freedom in Jesus. I'm walking to the beat of a different drum I can see past these days In to a better place - oh yeah I'm singing to the tune of a different strum My ways are higher ways Since You've removed my chains And given me a place At the table of Your love, now
It's good to be free It's good to be free from all the pain It's good to be free It's good to hear You say my new name It's good to be free It's good to know you've stood in the place of blame for me Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah It's good to be free
Things of this world are overdone Things like theology and philosophy - oh yeah Through Jesus I know I've overcome My insecurities and insincerity Now that You've placed in me A hope for things I cannot see, now
I spent so long Living in a cell that I thought was home I didn't know it wasn't meant for me I let the Lord Search my soul with a fine-tooth comb He showed me everything that I could be Now I see