"You Are More" lyrics

"You Are More"

There's a girl in the corner
With tear stains on her eyes
From the places she's wandered
And the shame she can't hide

She says, "How did I get here?
I'm not who I once was.
And I'm crippled by the fear
That I've fallen too far to love"

But don't you know who you are,
What's been done for you?
Yeah don't you know who you are?

You are more than the choices that you've made,
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,
You are more than the problems you create,
You've been remade.

Well she tries to believe it
That she's been given new life
But she can't shake the feeling
That it's not true tonight

She knows all the answers
And she's rehearsed all the lines
And so she'll try to do better
But then she's too weak to try

But don't you know who you are?

You are more than the choices that you've made,
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,
You are more than the problems you create,
You've been remade.

You are more than the choices that you've made,
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,
You are more than the problems you create,
You've been remade.

'Cause this is not about what you've done,
But what's been done for you.
This is not about where you've been,
But where your brokenness brings you to

This is not about what you feel,
But what He felt to forgive you,
And what He felt to make you loved.

You are more than the choices that you've made,
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,
You are more than the problems you create,
You've been remade.

You are more than the choices that you've made,
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,
You are more than the problems you create,
You've been remade.

You've been remade
You've been remade.
You've been remade.
You've been remade.


Writer(s): Jason Ingram, Mike Donehey
"You Are More" is the first single off of the band' second album.
Lead singer Mike Donehey explained, "Who we are isn't what we do. Who we are is what has been done for us. And—you see—that's the message that I can say to anybody. Because if you're good—guess what?—you're more than you success. And if you're bad, then—guess what?—you're more than your failures. You're more than your choices, you're more than your mistakes. You're the sum of the Father's love for us. And that's who we are.
Jeff Owen commented on this song, "Every time we play it, people come up to us and say that's the first time they've ever heard anything like what the song says, 'You are more than the problems you've made, the sum of your past mistakes.' People don't believe that. [...] The gospel doesn't work on that scale [...] Christ has made you a new creation and you are known as a child of God."