Downhere Album: Wide-Eyed and Mystified Track: Forgive Yourself
Forgive Yourself Lyrics
You keep laying down $100 bills On the counter of your untamed guilt And you'll keep paying out from your empty purse Until you feel you've satisfied your curse No one here is throwing stones But you have got to drop your own
Forgive yourself, forgive yourself Anyone who bears a scar wants to forget it Forgive yourself, forgive yourself Nothing ever frees you more than just believing That you've been forgiven, come out of the prison
Can you tell me how you spend every day Looking in the mirror of your shame And staring like a judge, you are ruling for yourself You tied a stone around your neck You're drowning in a past regret
Don't believe it's okay to be like this Don't believe you deserve to live like this 'Cause every part of you wants to know Just one reason why you should let go
Forgive yourself, forgive yourself Nothing ever frees you more than just believing Come out of the prison You've been delivered
Song Description: "I believe that nothing can trump God's forgiveness. When God has forgiven, He forgives completely-He holds nothing back, and there's nothing left over. That's easy to say when I'm far away from any travesty I may have gotten myself into. It's not so easy to grasp, though, after I've done something so utterly despicable that I can barely even stand the sight of my own face in the mirror. Whether I believe I have been forgiven or not is not the issue. Once God has forgiven, no amount of belief or disbelief can alter that. I've learned that forgiving myself-emotionally/spiritually recovering from sin, and the shame that often follows it-can only happen inasmuch as I believe I have received forgiveness." - Marc Martel (downhere)
