Back to the Altar

Verse 1: I’ve been running on empty grace, Saying prayers I don’t even face. Sunday words, but Monday fades, And I lose You in the noise I made. I’ve built my own little kingdom’s wall, But I can’t climb when I start to fall. All the lights that I thought were You Were just shadows that I ran into. Pre-Chorus: But I hear You calling me home again, Through the cracks in my pride and the weight of sin. Chorus: So I’m coming back to the altar, Where mercy still remembers my name. I’m laying down what I carried farther Than You ever asked me to take. Your fire still burns where I first believed, Your grace still flows and it’s calling me— Back to the altar, Where You set my heart free. Verse 2: I’ve been chasing a distant flame, Trying to prove I’m not the same. But You never asked me to earn Your love, You just whispered, “Child, look up.” Pre-Chorus: Now the cross still stands through my broken past, Every chain I wore can’t hold me fast. Chorus: So I’m coming back to the altar, Where mercy still remembers my name. I’m laying down what I carried farther Than You ever asked me to take. Your fire still burns where I first believed, Your grace still flows and it’s calling me— Back to the altar, Where You set my heart free. Bridge: (soft piano builds to full band) All my striving, all my shame, Fade away in Jesus’ name. Every failure meets Your flame— I’m alive again, I’m alive again! Final Chorus (big, emotional): I’m coming back to the altar, Where mercy still remembers my name. I’m running now to the Father, And I’ll never be the same. Your fire still burns where I first believed, Your grace still flows and it’s changing me— Back to the altar, Where You set my heart free. Outro: I’m alive again... At the altar of Your grace.