I was away for a while    But I'm hoping someday you'll forgive me    Though 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 offenses, and how I have harmed you    And still you allow me to walk free of pain       Though I punish myself    I will never settle    The debts I've incured 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 into 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 savored 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    Well, I should've known   That gets me nowhere    I've learned that now I swear       In earlier days, they'd persecute people    They'd carry them off, and hobble their legs    For lesser offenses, and how I have harmed you    And still you allow me to walk free of pain       Though I punish myself    I will never settle    The debts I've incured 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 then end of an anchor thrown into 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