Lyrics
Verse 1
The devil came knocking on my front door
Told me lies I don't heard before
But my heart don't answer like it used to do
'Cause I found the truth, yeah, I found the truth
Pre-Chorus
Now I don't shake when the storm winds blow
My roots run deep in that holy flow
Grace done cleaned me whole, now I'm walking in freedom, yeah, body and soul
Chorus
Say goodbye to temptation You no longer have control
Yeah, I'm dead to all my sin and now alive in Christ alone
Oh, I'm free, free in Christ alone
Verse 2
I used to dance with trouble 'til the break of dawn
Trying to fill that hole with what was gone
Now I'm shouting Hallelujah with a brand new tone
'Cause a Spirit in my soul and took me home
Whiskey stronger than grace, ain't want to take its place
Ain't my shame and praise, and I'm never looking back that way
Chorus
So say goodbye to temptation
You no longer have control Yeah, I'm dead to all my sin and now in Christ alone,
I'm alive I'm alive in Christ alone
Verse 3
I was lost out in that jail tonight
But He brought me back into the light
My hands up high, my soul's restored, praise the Lord,
I ain't who I was before Oh yeah, the devil had a plan, but the blood had power
Every chain fell, every heart healed it out Now I'm free, oh
Chorus
Say goodbye to temptation You no longer have control
Yeah, I'm dead to all my sin and now alive In Christ alone,
I'm alive, I'm alive in Christ alone, yeah,
I'm alive, praise God, I'm alive in Christ alone
Outro
You can't take me back, no sir, I've been washed in that water
And I ain't never turning around He's alive in Christ alone, say goodbye,
He's alive Yeah, goodbye, goodbye in Christ alone
Credits & Song Information
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Goodbye Temptation" pictures sin as a caller at the front door, offering familiar lies that no longer land once the heart has changed. Solomon Ray traces a path from restlessness -- dancing "with trouble 'til the break of dawn," reaching for whiskey to fill an empty place -- to freedom described as being "dead to all my sin and alive in Christ alone." The storm imagery in the opening verse, with roots planted deep in "that holy flow," recalls Christ's parable of building a house on rock rather than sand, able to withstand the wind.
The chorus leans on the language of Romans 6, where believers are described as dead to sin and alive to God through Christ, and the closing verse widens the picture with chains falling and a captive led back into the light, close to the deliverance language found throughout the Psalms. The line about being "washed in that water" points toward baptism as a decisive break with an old life.
Set against Southern gospel and soul instrumentation, the lyrics return to one claim: temptation has lost its hold because Christ has taken its place, framing freedom as something already accomplished.
Related Scripture
- Romans 6:11-14 Dead to sin and alive to God in Christ, echoed in the chorus's 'dead to all my sin and alive in Christ alone.'
- Matthew 7:24-25 A house built on rock withstands the storm, close to the roots run deep imagery in the opening verse.
- Psalm 40:2-3 Being lifted from the pit and set on solid ground, close to the song's picture of deliverance and a new song of praise.