How He Loves Us

Intro

Oh-oh, oh-oh (whoa)

Hey-ya, hey-ya (yeah)

Gonna sing it from the front porch, clap-clap, stomp-stomp

Verse

Sun on my face, gravel on the driveway

Your mercy like a morning train that never leaves the same way

We mess up maps, take detours, drive past the signs

But there's a light on in the window every single time

You know I run, I run right into trouble

Then I hear that quiet call that turns my rubble into double

Pre-chorus

How? (how?) I don't know, but I feel it like the wind

Pulling me back home again (home again)

Chorus

How He loves us, how He loves us (oh-oh)

How He keeps on calling, keeps on calling (yeah)

Even when we turn our backs and try to walk away

He's whispering mercy, whispering mercy (oh-oh) (no, wait — not that word — alternative used)

He is praying for us, praying for us (uh-huh)

Doing things we can't imagine, can't imagine (whoa)

How He loves us, how He loves us

How He loves us, how He loves us

Verse

Tailgate down, radio's a Sunday song

Mama's voice in the chorus saying we've been forgiven all along

There's a thousand little saved-for-later, left-behind mistakes

But He writes them on a page that never shows their face

He bows His head, He lifts us up like dawn after the rain

Says, "Child, I'm right behind you," calls your name again

Pre-chorus

How? (how?) I don't know, but it's louder than my doubt

Pulling me back to where love's at now (at now)

Chorus

How He loves us, how He loves us (oh-oh)

How He keeps on calling, keeps on calling (yeah)

Even when we turn our backs and try to walk away

He's praying for us, praying for us (amen)

Doing things we can't imagine, can't imagine (whoa)

How He loves us, how He loves us

How He loves us, how He loves us

Bridge

(soft) Sometimes I stand in the doorway of my own hard heart

Counting all the times I said goodbye, then tore my map apart

I don't deserve the kindness that keeps showing up at noon

He sings me back from silence, hums my soul a new tune

I cried out, "Why me?" and His answer wasn't loud

It was hands on my shoulder, steady like the ground

He prays while I'm sleeping, He waits through every fear

If I could fold the sky in my hands, I'd still not hold it near

Chorus

How He loves us, how He loves us (oh-oh)

How He keeps on calling, keeps on calling (yeah)

Even when we turn our backs and try to walk away

He's praying for us, praying for us (uh-huh)

Doing things we can't imagine, can't imagine (whoa)

How He loves us, how He loves us

How He loves us, how He loves us

Outro

Oh-oh, oh-oh (yeah)

He keeps on calling, keeps on calling (keep calling)

How He loves us, how He loves us (how He loves us)

La-la-la, la-la-la (whoa)