My heart is laid Under Your blade As You carve out Your image in me You cut to the core But still You want more As You carefully, tenderly ravage me
And You peel back the bark And tear me apart To get to the heart Of what matters the most I’m cold and I’m scared As Your love lays me bare But in the shaping of my soul The cut makes me whole
Mingling here Your blood and my tears As You whittle my kingdom away But I see that you suffer, too In making me new For the blade of Love, it cuts both ways
As You peel back the bark And tear me apart To get to the heart Of what matters the most I’m cold and I’m scared As Your love lays me bare But in the shaping of my soul The cut makes me whole
Hidden inside the grain Beneath the pride and the pain Is the shape of the man You meant me to be Who with every cut now You try to set free Come now set me free
You peel back the bark And tear me apart To get to the heart Of what matters most I’m cold and I’m scared As Your love lays me bare And every day You strip more away
As You peel back the bark And tear me apart To get to the heart Of what matters the most I’m cold and I’m scared As Your love lays me bare But in the shaping of my soul I know the blade must take its toll God give me strength to know That the cut makes me whole The cut makes me whole