I believe God loved us before we were even born. Then the world started telling us what was wrong with us, and we learned to carry shame that wasn’t ours to begin with.
This song comes from remembering that His love was already there. Broken and flawed, or as I like to say, just as He made us. Just as we came.
Lyrics
I wore their words, I wore their shame
Wore every role they handed me
Stacked their stones inside my pockets
Till I forgot how light felt free
Spent years lookin' in their mirrors
Believin' every crack I saw
Chasin' down approval
From folks with no right at all
The old oak wears its broken limbs
The river don't hide its bends
The mountain keeps its weathered scars
Like stories from an old friend
God knew exactly what He made
Before the world called out my name
Before they told me what was wrong
He already loved me just the same
Just as we came
Bare feet out there in the pasture
Sun warm against my skin
First time in forever
I felt like me again
That old barn wears its faded boards
That old dog don't hide his years
Every living thing around me
Knows what took me years
This ain't rebellion, this is freedom
This ain't anger, this is peace
This is me finally returnin'
All the shame they handed me
I ain't settlin' any score
I ain't fightin' like before
I'm just tellin' this old world
You don't own my worth no more
The old oak wears its broken limbs
The river don't hide its bends
The mountain keeps its weathered scars
Like stories from an old friend
God knew exactly what He made
Before they told me what was wrong
He already loved me just the same
Just as we came