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When I am but sin
My veneer wearing thin
How can I make right the places I've been?
When all that I've wrought
And done comes to naught
How can I redeem these things that I've thought?
When I've only done wrong
Death etched on my bones
How can I, how can I ever atone?
With my soul all but gone
How can I go on
An offkey pretender, singing God's song?
Who can I be
When all that makes me
Is all that I do not want you to see?
Can I change who I am
Does choice make the man
And should I change what I choose, could I change where I stand?
And God, could you care
Sweet Jesu, be there
Could you remake what lies broken and scared?
Put your mouth on mine
Hands covered in grime
Resuscitate a failure, time after time?
Would I be free
What would I be
If I could love you as you have loved me?