Redemption Verse 1 Redemption What does the word really mean? A buying back A setting free A debt that once had chains Redemptio From the Latin tongue To buy back what was taken To reclaim what had been lost To free what had been bound Chorus Redemption Buy it back Take it back Set it free Redemption What was lost What was broken Returns to me Not a punishment Not a price Not forever paying For a life Redemption Is remembering Who you were meant to be Verse 2 Redimere Red means back Emere means to take To buy back what was yours To reclaim what they could take A piece of land A debt unpaid A captive held in chains The price was paid The door was opened Freedom came again And somewhere down the centuries The meaning changed its shape The church took the word And made salvation Out of debt and grace Christ became the buyer Humanity became the cost A soul that had been captured A life that had been lost Chorus Redemption Buy it back Take it back Set it free Redemption What was lost What was broken Returns to me Bridge But maybe redemption Isn’t someone buying you Maybe it’s the moment You remember what is true Maybe it’s reclaiming Everything you gave away Your voice Your time Your power Your name Maybe it’s recovering The pieces of yourself That you abandoned Trying to survive Maybe redemption Isn’t being rescued Maybe it’s realizing You are still alive Verse 3 Redemption became rescue It became making amends Fulfilling what was promised Recovering what had been Lost time Lost pieces Lost years Lost dreams Lost versions of yourself You thought you’d never see But nothing is completely lost When you can bring it home You can take the scattered pieces And make them something whole Final Chorus Redemption Buy it back Take it back Set it free Redemption What was lost Can return to me I don’t have to live forever Paying for what I’ve done I don’t have to stay imprisoned By the person I was Redemption Isn’t erasing Everything I’ve been It’s taking back the pieces And beginning again Outro Redemption Back Reclaim Restore Release What was bound Can become free What was lost Can return What was broken Can be reborn Redemption Not somebody else’s price My life My choice My return.
