Pedigree of Grace

(Verse 1)

I came with a contract for my soul’s sacred design

To walk through the lessons and follow the line

That were the teachers of coldness and pain

A transient bond that was never meant to be a gain

The lesson was simple, written in the debris

To let go of them and just let myself be.

I’ve finished the course, I’ve learned what was true

That the only real family is found within You.

(Chorus)

I have no love for the family tree

It never bore loving fruit for me

I’m breaking every hollow tie

To leave their roots to rot and die

I want no part, I want no trace

Of any name or any face

I’m trading in that earthly waste

For my new Pedigree of Grace.

(Verse 2)

The world might look at what is left

A spirit scarred, a heart bereft

Destroyed in body, mind, and soul

With jagged edges, far from whole

But in the ruins of this war

I found the One worth living for

God doesn’t need a history

To pour His mercy down on me.

(Bridge)

He loves the wreck, He loves the dust

He is the only one I trust

It doesn’t matter how I’m made

In every bruise of every shade

The mental weight, the physical pain

He washed it all in holy rain

My DNA is rewritten now

With a crown upon my brow.

(Chorus)

I have no love for the family tree

It never bore loving fruit for me

I’m breaking every hollow tie

To leave their roots to rot and die

I want no part, I want no trace

Of any name or any face

I’m trading in that earthly waste

For my new Pedigree of Grace.

(Outro)

No ancestral pride, no heavy debt

Just a love I haven't finished yet

I’m walking free, I’m walking new

With a Father who is actually true

In this Pedigree of Grace.