Lyrics
Around the fire I learned the stories,
Passed from father down to son.
Every word became a landmark,
Every battle already won.
I knew who carried all the blame,
I knew who stole what should be ours.
I learned the wounds of generations,
Long before I knew my own heart.
I carried answers all my life,
Certain they were true.
But certainty can build a prison
When no light is breaking through.
I was taught to hate,
But I was never taught His voice.
Never taught the God of mercy,
Never shown another choice.
I was taught what fear remembers,
Not the hope the Lord bestows.
I was taught to hate,
But I was never taught His voice.
(I was never taught His voice)
Then I heard a different witness,
Not of vengeance, not of blame.
They spoke of mercy for the broken,
And a God who knew my name.
Everything I thought was settled
Started slipping through my hands.
Truth was asking harder questions
Than the ones I could command.
The walls I built from borrowed stories
Could not stand forevermore.
One by one they started falling
Like they never stood before.
I was taught to hate,
But I was never taught His voice.
Never taught the God of mercy,
Never shown another choice.
I was taught what fear remembers,
Not the hope the Lord bestows.
I was taught to hate,
But I was never taught His voice.
(I was never taught His voice)
My fathers gave me what they knew,
And I honor where they stood.
But every generation chooses
Whether fear or truth will rule.
The past can teach me where I've been,
It cannot tell me who I'll be.
The Lord was waiting on the other side
Of everything I couldn't see.
I was taught to hate,
Now I recognize His voice.
Now I know the God of mercy,
And the peace of choosing Him.
What fear built through generations,
His love is teaching me to loose.
I was taught to hate,
But now I've heard His voice.
(Now I've heard His voice)
Around the fire I learned a story,
But the Lord rewrote the end.
What began in fear and blindness
Became the place where faith begins.
And the voice I never knew
Was calling me all along.
(I heard You calling me)