Only Through You

Verse 1

​I know what's good, yet I turn away,

And dress up my failures so I can pray.

I name the wrong in someone else,

While hiding sin's likeness in myself.

What use are hands that LOOK so clean

If I conceal what You have seen?

Beneath the words that make me strong,

My soul cries out, “I’m wrong... so very wrong!"

​Chorus

​Lord, my heart says "Don't disobey you"

But that which I want not - that I Do.

When I have nothing good to give,

You break sin's power so I might live.

I thank You, God—my hope restored

Through Jesus Christ, my living Lord.

My rescue is not what I can do;

My rescue comes only through You.

​Verse 2

​I thought regret could pay my debt,

Though tears cannot undo what’s set.

I form my vows like a prison key,

They turned, but never set me free.

Must I become what I despise,

Or walk unveiled before Your eyes?

Lord, here beneath Your searching light,

I yield the wrong I cannot right.

​Chorus

​Lord, my heart says "Don't disobey you"

But that which I want not - that I Do.

When I have nothing good to give,

You break sin's power so I might live.

I thank You, God—my hope restored

Through Jesus Christ, my living Lord.

My rescue is not what I can do;

My rescue comes only through You.

​Verse 3

​My inward struggle is constantly here,

Though shame is gone and leaves no fear.

I'm blessed because Your mercy stays,

Allowing me to see much better days.

Teach me to face the harm I've done,

And see through You - remorse is won.

Let grateful faith become my song,

To guide the path where I belong.

​Chorus

​Lord, my heart says "Don't disobey you"

But that which I want not - that I Do.

When I have nothing good to give,

You break sin's power so I might live.

I thank You, God—my hope restored

Through Jesus Christ, my living Lord.

My rescue is not what I can do;

My rescue comes only through You.