Once there was a holy place

Evidence of God's embrace

And I can almost see mercy's face

Pressed against the veil



Looking down with longing eyes

Mercy must have realized

That once His blood was sacrificed

Freedom would prevail



And as the sky grew dark

And the earth began to shake

With justice no longer in the way



Chorus:

Mercy came running

Like a prisoner set free

Past all my failures to the point of my need

When the sin that I carried

Was all I could see

And when I could not reach mercy

Mercy came running to me



Once there was a broken heart

Way to human from the start

And all the years left it torn apart

Hopeless and afraid



Walls I never meant to build

Left this prisoner unfulfilled

Freedom called but even still

It seemed so far away



I was bound by the chains

From the wages of my sin

Just when I felt like giving in



repeat chorus



Sometimes I still feel so far

So far from where I really should be

He gently calls to my heart

Just to remind me



repeat chorus