I was away for a while   But I'm hoping someday you'll forgive me   But I don't deserve it      I'll cherish it well if you give me   One of your new starts   Just one more last chance   I swear that I'll earn it   If you front me for now      I'm good for it I swear   I'm better now I swear      In earlier days   They'd persecute people   They'd carry them off   And hobble their legs   For lesser offences   Than how I have harmed you   But still you allow me   To walk free of pain   Though I punish myself   I will never settle   The debts I've incurred   For scorning the face   Of absolute beauty   And measureless grace   And though I once mocked you   I'm dying to pay for it now.   I'm dying to pay for it now.      So hand me the rocks   To help weigh me down   And tether my legs with a cord tightly bound to the   End of an anchor   Thrown in to the sound   And test me to see   If I   Will rise   Against   The worst   That it    Can get.      I wasn't well for a while   I savor the things that I knew   Were sure to destroy me   And that seemed to hold me   That seemed to carry me where I couldn't go   On the strength of my own   But I should've known   That that gets me nowhere   I've learned that now I swear      I earlier days   They'd persecute people   They'd carry them off   And hobble their legs   For lesser offences   Than how I have harmed you   But still you allow me   To walk free of pain   Though I punish myself   I will never settle   The debts I've incurred   For scorning the face   Of absolute beauty   And measureless grace   And though I once mocked you   I'm dying to pay for it now.   I'm dying to pay for it now   Now   Now      So hand me the rocks   To help weigh me down   And tether my legs with a cord tightly bound   To the end of an anchor   Thrown in to the sound   And test me to see   If I   Will rise   Against   The worst   That it   Can get.      Well I wasn't sure that I could   Well I wasn't sure that I could   Well I wasn't sure that I could   But I can.