Husky - Instead of Me lyrics

rate me

A good fella in the sight of many earthly eyes

Till I saw my error and discovered that this heart was blind

Never hurt nobody else and I obeyed the law

I kept myself to myself, cos I knew the score

What you do comes back to you harder

But just in case let me pray to the Father

Oh yeah, religious, from birth I've been attending church

More superstitious, I didn't know the prayer could work

I'd plead my case that I was good, look at the work I've done

To earn some brownie points, I'd act the Good Samaritan

Outweigh the bad, but in the end Only God Can Judge

And I was told that he was cool, they told me God is love

So on the scale; I think I'm good, I guess he's pleased with me

So I'll just carry on with life, I'm living decently

But there's something that's been bugging me considerably,

If I can save myself, then why was Jesus killed for me?

When I survey my life,

And then the cross of Christ,

No it don't seem right that you were there instead of me

If you could see inside my mind, you'd see a different guy

But I'll just keep that to myself, no need to see inside

don't wanna see the hatred, the murder on my heart

But if you test my patience then you won't have to ask

you'll see the overflow; my mouth will tell you what's been hidden

And you could tell from my jokes the lustful life I'm livin

These small seeds that I feed when I'm in the quiet place

But keep that quiet please, cos I don't think that I could face

Another grilling from my Misss bout why I've been missing

All up in my face and telling me that I don't listen

But honestly I gotta say that most the time she's right

And I know that I'm the problem every time we fight

I'm drawn to selfishness, man I need some help with this

Its seems my secret problems overflow into my every act

Its like its slavery, I thought it was a slave to me

But it seems that I'm the slave, and I'm in need of setting free!

I set some boundaries, but they never stopped desires

I tried suppress the flicker, but they only caught on fire

I tried ignoring it in turn I substitute what's right

Were called to holiness, but I prefer the selfish life

New heart, new desires, this is what I need

And I was told this is why Jesus bled for me

Not just my actions, but my thoughts, yeah, my very nature

Have become tampered with and break the heart of the Creator

Falling short to cause a split in our relationship

Punishment, death, but its life that he came to give!

Christ died on the cross, then he rose and lives

Only through faith in Him we have restored relationship

He took my blame and hung it with Him as my substitute

Penalty gone! Sin, no longer friends with you! (peace!)

Now through his Spirit he's reforming and reshaping me

To restore the image of the Lord like I was made to be!