Jesus Is For Losers

If I was driven, driven ahead by some noble ideal
Who took the wheel?
If I was given, given a glimpse of some glorious road
When was it sold?
So caught up in the chase
I keep forgetting my place

Just as I am
I am stiff-necked and proud
Jesus is for losers
Why do I still play to the crowd?
Just as I am
Pass the compass, please
Jesus is for losers
I'm off about a hundred degrees

If I was groping, groping around for some ladder to fame
I am ashamed
If I was hoping, hoping respect would make a sturdy footstool
I am a fool
Bone-weary every climb
Blind-sided every time

Just as I am
I am needy and dry
Jesus is for losers
The self-made need not apply
Just as I am
In a desert crawl
Lord, I'm so thirsty
Take me to the waterfall

And if you're certain, certain your life is some cosmic mistake
Why do you shake?
And if you're certain, certain that faith is some know-nothing mask
Why do you still ask?
They don't grade here on a curve
We both know what we deserve

Just as you are
Just a wretch like me
Jesus is for losers
Graced from the blood of a tree
Just as we are
At a total loss
Jesus is for losers
Broken at the foot of the cross

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