Lyrics
Verse 1
I cannot run away
From Your unfailing love
I cannot run away
From Your unfailing love
Pre Chorus
You never leave me
You pursue me
Your mercy always moves me
I cannot run away
From Your unfailing love
Chorus
Your love is like a freight train
It keeps on coming cannot stop it
It hits me like a tidal wave
It breaks right in I'm overtaken
Refrain
It's Your love
It's Your unfailing love
Verse 2
I cannot run away
From Your unfailing love
I cannot run away
From Your unfailing love
Pre Chorus
In the shadows in my weakness
Your love it never changes
I cannot run away
From Your unfailing love
Chorus
Your love is like a freight train
It keeps on coming cannot stop it
It hits me like a tidal wave
It breaks right in I'm overtaken
Bridge
This is my story my testimony
The love of Jesus has changed my life
Bridge
This is my story my testimony
I once was dead but now I'm alive
Bridge
This is my story my testimony
The love of Jesus has changed my life
Bridge
This is my story my testimony
I once was dead but now I'm alive
Chorus
Your love is like a freight train
It keeps on coming cannot stop it
It hits me like a tidal wave
It breaks right in I'm overtaken
Refrain
It's Your love
It's Your unfailing love
Refrain
It's Your unfailing love
It's Your unfailing love
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Freight Train uses forceful motion to describe the unfailing love of God. The central images of a train and a tidal wave portray mercy as persistent, overwhelming, and impossible to outrun. Verses set that love beside weakness and shadows, yet insist that it does not change. The result is a confession of being pursued by grace rather than a claim that faith removes every difficult place.
The bridge turns the image into personal testimony. The love of Jesus changes a life, and the contrast between death and life presents salvation as a decisive transformation. That language may recall the New Testament description of people made alive with Christ while they were dead in sin. The repeated refrain keeps the source of change clear: it is the unfailing love of God, not personal strength. Through its compact phrases and recurring chorus, the song celebrates divine mercy as active, faithful, and able to reach a person even in weakness.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 139:7-10 The psalm says there is nowhere a person can flee from God presence.
- Lamentations 3:22-23 God steadfast love and mercies are described as unending and renewed each morning.
- Ephesians 2:4-5 God great love makes people alive with Christ when they were dead in sin.