You Never Are
Embrace Grace: Finding Light in the Shadows of DoubtLyrics
Lost your way and you don't know how it happened
Expressing feeling lost and unaware of how one ended up in that state.
So much time you wasted chasing satisfaction
Acknowledging the significant time spent pursuing fulfillment without success.
Seems like there's no where else to go please
Suggesting a sense of being stuck with no apparent options or directions.
I wish that you would come home
An earnest desire for the person to return home.
Oh don't be so afraid
Encouragement to overcome fear.
You think you're too far
Feeling distant or disconnected, but the reassurance that it's not the case.
But you never are, you never are,
Reiteration that the person is never too far away.
you never are are are
-So scared that you're too late
Fear of being too late to change or improve.
Too hidden in the dark
Feeling hidden in darkness or obscurity.
But you never are you never are,
Emphasizing that the person is never too far away, repeating for impact.
you never are, you never are are are
-Grace is under estimated
Stressing the underestimated nature of grace.
all you ever really have to do is take it
Highlighting the simplicity of accepting grace.
God is bigger than the times we fail
Acknowledging the greatness of God, surpassing our failures.
So why can we not forgive ourselves
Pondering why self-forgiveness is difficult despite God's forgiveness.
Oh don't be so afraid
Reassurance that the person is never too far away, combating fear and darkness.
You think you're too far
-But you never are, you never are,
-you never are are are
-So scared that you're too late
-Too hidden in the dark
-But you never are, you never are,
-but you never are
-You will never be perfect
Acknowledging imperfection but asserting personal worth.
oh but you're still worth it
Emphasizing the inherent value, despite not being perfect.
you've gotta just believe
Encouraging belief in oneself.
Oh don't be so afraid
Repeated encouragement to overcome fear and doubt about being too far away.
You think you're too far
-But you never are, you never are,
-Oh don't be so afraid
-You think that you're too far
-But you never are, you never are, oh
-So scared that you're too late
Fear of being too late to change or come into the light.
Too hidden in the dark
Feeling concealed in the darkness.
But you never, you never,
Affirming that the person is never too far away, overcoming fear and darkness.
you never are
-you never are
Reiteration of the person never being too far away.
you never are, you never are are are
Final emphasis on the idea that the person is never too far away, repeated for impact.
you never are, you never are, you never are are are
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