Lyrics
Verse 1
I’m living proof
Of what the mercy of God can do
If You knew me then
You’d believe me now
You turned my whole life upside down
He took the old and He made it new
That’s just what the mercy of God can do
Chorus
Now I’m alive to tell the story
How I’ve overcome
It’s His goodness and mercy
And the power of his blood
I’m so glad that my freedom
Wasn’t based on what I’ve done
But the goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood
Verse 2
Thought I deserved
To be six feet beneath the earth
For all the things I’ve done
The things I’ve said
The choices made that I regret
Oh I would still be lost
But for the mercy of God
Chorus
Now I’m alive to tell the story
How I’ve overcome
It’s His goodness and mercy
And the power of his blood
I’m so glad that my freedom
Wasn’t based on what I’ve done
But the goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood
Bridge
Was the cross meant for me
That my Savior carried
Now I’ve been made free
By the mercy of God
Was the grave meant for me
Where my sin lay buried
Now I stand redeemed
By the mercy of God
Was the cross meant for me
That my Savior carried
Now I’ve been made free
By the mercy of God
Was the grave meant for me
Where my sin lay buried
Now I stand redeemed
By the mercy of God
Chorus
Now I’m alive to tell the story
How I’ve overcome
It’s His goodness and mercy
And the power of his blood
I’m so glad that my freedom
Wasn’t based on what I’ve done
It's his goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood
It's his goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood
Goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood
Spontaneous
The power of the blood
There's power in the blood, power in the blood
You'll heal us today
Wash away, wash away
There's still power in the blood
There's still power in the blood
There's still power in the blood
There's still power in the blood
There's still power in the blood
(Wonder working power) There's still power in the blood
(Wonder working power) There's still power in the blood
(Chain breaking power) There's still power in the blood
(Chain breaking power) There's still power in the blood
(Shackle loosing power) There's still power in the blood
(I know that I know) There's still power in the blood
There's still power in the blood
There's still power in the blood
There's still power in the blood
There's still power in the blood
Bridge
Was the cross meant for me
That my Savior carried
Now I’ve been made free
By the mercy of God
Was the grave meant for me
Where my sin lay buried
Now I stand redeemed
By the mercy of God
Was the cross meant for me
That my Savior carried
Now I’ve been made free
By the mercy of God
Was the grave meant for me
Where my sin lay buried
Now I stand redeemed
By the mercy of God
Spontaneous
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
I remember
What can wash away my sins
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can wash away my sins
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Mercy is a testimony song about rescue by the mercy of God. The first verse opens with the line "I'm living proof," and describes a life turned around and made new. The chorus credits that freedom to "His goodness and mercy" and the power of the blood rather than to personal achievement.
The second verse looks back at regret, naming words said and choices made, and admits that the singer would still be lost without mercy. The bridge asks whether the cross and the grave were meant for the singer, then answers that the Savior carried the cross and that sin was buried, so freedom and redemption follow. A long spontaneous section repeats "There's still power in the blood" with call-out phrases such as wonder working and chain breaking power, and it closes by quoting the older hymn "What can wash away my sins, nothing but the blood of Jesus." The result is a congregational anthem about grace received and shared.
Related Scripture
- Titus 3:5 Salvation comes through God's mercy rather than human righteousness.
- Ephesians 2:4-5 God, rich in mercy, makes the spiritually dead alive in Christ.
- 1 John 1:7 The blood of Jesus is said to cleanse from all sin.