V1 - Looking back upon my life I’m very thankful that your arm is not too short to rescue and deliver me (Exodus 6:6) / Take my hand and lead me out and through / Through the waters of the Red Sea, through the blood and the death of the enemy (Exodus 13:18; 15:4-6) / While a new foe rages and holds up an image of a man that I used to be / Throwing up my insides out on my knees before the throne / Staring in the porcelain dome that flushes away all the high of last night’s waste / And I will never forget the bad taste that was left inside my mouth of when she left when I cried, when I died, no I ain’t going back again (Philippians 3:13-14) Chorus - Once I wasted, now I’ve tasted a better life more than I’ve ever known (Psalm 34:8) / Once I hated, now embraced it a better life more than I’ve known (Isaiah 53:3, Ecclesiastes 3:5) V2 - And I’m glad that the past is gone, that I’m never gonna be alone (Hebrews 13:5) cause I found true love (1 John 4:8) even though that my number three finger is empty / And there’s nothing I’d give in exchange for a love that strange from when she left when I cried when I died, no I ain’t going back again
This song is a very personal song for me. It is a song that I wrote as I was thinking about a time when I completely turned my back on God. I was 18 years old and Disciple was going through some tough times and we had split up for a while. I decided that I was going to be mad at God and get Him back by completely disobeying Him. But what I learned is that sin always destroys. It rapes and steals everything that was every good from our lives. But God is faithful. Even as I was puking my guts out over the \"porcelain dome\" His hand was stretched out to me. His hand is stretched out to all of us now. We have to make the decision to stay alone in our situations, or to take His hand and never go \"back again.\"
This is a great motivational song that helps people who are looking to make a fresh start. "FLY AWAY-just go on don't hesitate, take the high road-get on your way." Perfect song to start off or end a youth lock-in, retreat or similar event.
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