Before the First Light

Verse 1
Before the first light named the sky,
You held the shape of what I’d try.
You whispered breath into dull clay,
And walked with me through night and day.
I came with hopes like fragile stones,
Carried by hands I did not own.
You watched me stumble, watched me steal,
Watched me forget what mercy feels.

Pre-Chorus
How strange Your ways — how kind Your plan,
You spoke my name and I began.

Chorus
If You saw me before I drew a breath,
If You knew my shadow and my death,
Then tell me, Father, how to bear this life:
The tender joys, the needless strife.
Teach my hands to heal and not to hoard,
Teach my voice to praise beyond reward.
If You are God — then be my light;
If You are near — hold me through the night.

Verse 2
I watched a man with pockets deep
Buy laughter for the night to keep.
I saw a child with empty hands
Count prayers like sand in far-off lands.
I walked the street where mercy sleeps,
Where mothers bargain with their grief.
You made the world and let it spin—
Tell me, Lord, how sin met sin?

Pre-Chorus
You said You knew me from the start —
But why these cracks inside my heart?

Chorus
If You saw me before I drew a breath,
If You knew my shadow and my death,
Then tell me, Father, how to bear this life:
The tender joys, the needless strife.
Teach my hands to heal and not to hoard,
Teach my voice to praise beyond reward.
If You are God — then be my light;
If You are near — hold me through the night.

Bridge (spoken-sung, intimate)
Maybe mercy is not mercy until hands move,
Maybe grace is not grace until a cup is poured.
If silence is Your language, let my work be speech;
If tests are Your teaching, let my hands learn reaching.
I am small — yes — and I am full of fear,
But I am Yours. Come near, come near.

Break (soft, vulnerable)
You built the seas that hide our sins,
You count the tears that never end.
If fate is written in the heavens above,
Then write in me the story of Your love.

Final Chorus (soaring, choir joins)
If You saw me before I drew a breath,
If You knew my shadow and my death,
Then walk with me where mercy meets the road,
Turn every burden into bread and load.
Teach my hands to give, my feet to run,
Let my life say, “Lord, Your will be done.”
If You are God — be strong my light,
If You are near — hold me through the night.

Outro (whisper / prayer)
Before the first light called the sea,
You shaped the face that’s calling Thee.
If there’s an answer, let it start —
In simple acts and giving heart.
Hold my small life in Yours and say,
“I am here — and I will stay.”