Stephen Curtis Chapman - Free Lyrics

The sun was beating down inside the walls of stone and razor wire



As we made our way across the prison yard



I felt my heart begin to race as we drew nearer to the place



Where they say that death is waiting in the dark



The slamming doors of iron echoed through the halls



Where despair holds life within its cruel claws



But then I met a man who's face seemed so strangely out of place



A blinding light of hope was shining in his eyes



And with repentance in his voice he told me of his tragic choice



That led him to this place where he must pay the price



But then his voice grew strong as he began to tell



About the One he said had rescued him from hell, he said . . .



I'm free, yeah, oh, I have been forgiven



God's love has taken off my chains and given me these wings



And I'm free, yeah, yeah, and the freedom I've been given



Is something that not even death can take away from me



Because I'm free



Jesus set me free



We said a prayer and said goodbye and tears began to fill my eyes



As I stepped back out into the blinding sun



And even as I drove away I found that I could not escape



The way he spoke of what the grace of God had done



I thought about how sin had sentenced us to die



And how God gave His only Son so you and I could say . . .



And if the Son has set you free,



Oh, if the Son has set you free



Then you are free indeed,



Oh, you are really free



If the Son has set you free,



Oh, if the Son has set you free



Then you are free, really, really, free



Oh, we're free, yeah, oh, we have been forgiven



God's grace has broken every chain and given us these wings



And we're free, yeah, yeah, and the freedom we've been given



Is something that not even death can take from you and me



Because we're free, yeah, the freedom we've been given



Is something that not even death can take from you and me



Because we're free, oh, we're free



We are free, we are free



The Son has set us free



If the Son has set you free



You are free indeed