This Is How It Feels to Be Free (Where Strength Begins)

There's a wall that has been standing since the day that Adam fell

Sin is where it started, sin is why it held

Speakin' as a prisoner who was there and lived to tell

I remember how it felt

I can hear the sound of freedom like a distant voice who called

And beckoned me to follow where I had never gone

And though my heart was willin', I just stood there at the wall

Prayin' somehow it would fall

But in a cross, I found the doorway and a hand that held the keys

And when the chains fell at my feet, for the first time I could see

This is how it feels to be free

This is what it means to know that I am forgiven

This is how it feels to be free

To see that life can be more than I imagined

This is how it feels to be free

This is how it feels to be free, yeah

There are days when I'm reminded of the prison I was in

Like a livin' nightmare burnin' from within

I can feel the voice of evil, I can hear the call of sin

But I won't go back again

See, once I tasted freedom then the walls could bind no more

Since mercy gave me wings to fly, like an eagle I can soar

This is how it feels to be free

This is what it means to know that I am forgiven

This is how it feels to be free

To see that life can be more than I imagined

This is how it feels to be free

This is how it feels to be free, yeah

Somewhere there's a prison where the chains still burn

(Chains still burn)

There but for the grace of God, those walls could still be mine

So for all the captives are saved

This is how it feels to be free

This is what it means to know that I am forgiven

This is how it feels to be free

To see that life can be more than I imagined

This is how it feels to be free

This is how it feels to be free

This is what it means to know that I am forgiven

This is how it feels to be free

To see that life can be more than I imagined

This is how it feels to be free

This is how it feels to be free, yeah

This is how it feels to be free