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Tetelestai
by Doug Boemler Wareing

VERSE 1
I am an empty earthen vessel
I am a dry and dusty land
I am the son of Cain and Jezebel
I am the blood on Pilate's hands

I am salt that deeply seasons
I am light unto the lost
And I have killed the unrepentant
While I pretend to count the cost

CHORUS
There's nothing I can do
And nothing I can say
To make you love me even more
Than you do today
I don't deserve your kindness
For I'm filled with so much blame
But I am not why you have loved me
And why you called me to your name

VERSE 2
You knew me in my mother's womb
You knew the paths I'd take
The choices made to bring you joy
All the horrible mistakes

And you always run to hold me
Though I often walk away
You were the cost to bring me home
The debt I could not pay

CHORUS
There's nothing I can do
And nothing I can say
To make you love me even more
Than you do today
I don't deserve your kindness
For I'm filled with so much blame
But I am not why you have loved me
And why you called me to your name

BRIDGE
May grace abound that sin should die
May blind receive your sight
One man's choice has brought us death
One death assured us life

CHORUS
There's nothing I can do
And nothing I can say
To make you love me even more
Than you do today
I don't deserve your kindness
For I'm filled with so much blame
But I am not why you have loved me
And you love me just the same
No, I am not why you have loved me
Lord, blessed be your name