You Loved Us First - Ghost Ship

Because you loved us first

Now we can love each other

We know what love is worth

Because you loved us first

I wounded everyone I cared about;

I shut them out

I built a barricade of pride they could not climb

Your death, your blood, your love, changed everything

Because you loved us first

Now we can love each other

We know what love is worth

Because you loved us first

We can love the way that you love us

Because you loved us first

We can love the way that you love us

Because you loved us first

Your wounded hands and feet;

your scars, they speak of love for me

This selfless sacrifice;

a love I’ve never seen

The blood you shed for me has set me free

Love is laying down your life

Love is marked with sacrifice

Love will always persevere when nothing else will pay that price

Love forgives, and love defends

Love is patient without end

Love, he came and called us friends and died so we could be with him

Because you loved us first

Now we can love each other

You gave us your own life

Your love for us is sacrifice

Lay my life down for my brothers

Lay my life down for my family

Lay my life down for my sisters

Lay my life down for my enemies