Forgiveness
Unlocking Freedom Through Forgiveness
Lyrics
Locked up in the prison
Feeling confined or restricted emotionally or spiritually.
That was built by your transgression
The emotional barriers constructed by the other person's wrongdoing.
Playing over in my mind
Replaying a distressing conversation in the mind.
That awful conversation
A conversation that caused significant emotional pain.
I been waiting for so long
A long wait for a sincere admission of guilt or fault.
To hear a true confession
Longing for an honest acknowledgment of wrongdoing.
So we can be finally free
Anticipating freedom through mutual confession.
Everything inside of me
An internal readiness for an expression of regret.
Is waiting for an apology
Expecting an apology to resolve inner turmoil.
This is not at all what you and I
Contrasting the current situation with the ideal of love.
Said love was supposed to be
Challenging the distorted perception of love.
But I choose to refuse to be
Choosing not to be controlled by anger.
Enslaved to anger inside of me
Rejecting emotional enslavement to anger.
Oh no, I hold the key
Empowering oneself to control the situation.
Forgiveness, for the debt that can't be paid
Seeking forgiveness for an unrepayable debt.
Forgiveness, the only way to stop the blame
Viewing forgiveness as the solution to blame.
Forgiveness, release from all the pain
Seeing forgiveness as a means to release pain.
We're finally free, when forgiveness turns the key
Emphasizing freedom through the act of forgiveness.
I'd be foolish to pretend
Acknowledging the impracticality of denial.
That if even you make amends
Recognizing the importance of sincere amends.
I must choose not to punish you
Choosing not to perpetuate pain through punishment.
Or the pain we're in will never end
Understanding that vengeance prolongs suffering.
So I will use the key that God has given me
Utilizing the forgiveness metaphorical "key" given by God.
When Jesus forgave you an forgave me
Referencing the divine example of forgiveness through Jesus.
Forgiveness, for the debt that can't be paid
Reiterating the quest for forgiveness for an unpayable debt.
Forgiveness, the only way to stop the blame
Emphasizing forgiveness as the antidote to blame.
Forgiveness, release from all the pain
Highlighting forgiveness as a release from pain.
We're finally free, when forgiveness turns the key
Reaffirming the liberating power of forgiveness.
Forgiveness, for the debt that can't be paid
Seeking forgiveness for an immeasurable debt.
Forgiveness, the only way to stop the blame
Repeating the idea that forgiveness stops blame.
Forgiveness, release from all the pain
Reiterating forgiveness as a release from pain.
We're finally free, when forgiveness turns the key
Emphasizing the culmination of freedom through forgiveness.
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