Lyrics
Intro
Made a way
Don't know how but you did it
Made a way
Verse 1
Standing here not knowing how we'll get through this test
But holding onto faith you know best
Nothing can catch you by surprise
You've got this figured out and you're watching us now
Verse 2
But when it looks as if we can't win
You wrap us in your arm and step in
And everything we need you supply
You got this in control
And now we know that
Chorus
You made a way
When our backs were against the wall
And it looked as if it was over
You made a way
And we're standing here
Only because you made a way
You made a way
Verse 3
Now we're here
Looking back on where we come from
Because of you and nothing we've done
To deserve the love and mercy you've shown
But your grace was strong enough to pick us up
Chorus (x2)
You made a way
When our backs were against the wall
And it looked as if it was over
You made a way
And we're standing here
Only because you made a way
Bridge (x3)
You move mountains
You cause walls to fall
With your power
Perform miracles
There is nothing that's impossible
And we're standing here
Only because you made a way
Tag (x2)
And we're standing here
Only because you made a way
Vamp 1
You made a way
Don't know how but you did it
Made a way
Don't know how but you did it
Made a way
Don't know how but you did it (x2)
Don't know why but I'm grateful (x2)
And we're standing here
Only because you made
And we're standing here
Only because you made a way
And we're standing here
Only because you made
Vamp 2
You move mountain (x4)
You cause walls to fall (x4)
You cause chains to break (x4)
Giants to fall, Giants to fall (x2)
Cause you move mountain
You move mountain
And everything is easy for you
Cause you move mountain
Yes you move mountain
Mountains are moving
Strongholds are breaking
'Cause you move mountain
You cause walls to fall
With your power (x6)
You perform miracles (x4)
Spontaneous Testimony
My son is breathing
My son is living (x2)
When the doctor said no, you said yes
When the doctor said no, you said yes
When they pronounced me dead, you said not yet, ah aha
When they called me dead, you said not yet
You perform miracles
You perform miracles
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Meaning & Inspiration
Built around a single repeated claim — a way made where none was visible — the song moves from uncertainty ("backs against the wall") to retrospective confidence ("we're standing here") without spending much time in between. That structure mirrors Isaiah 43:19's picture of a way opened in the wilderness, where the change is credited entirely to God rather than to effort or resolve. The bridge widens the claim from personal deliverance to broader power — mountains moved, walls falling, chains breaking — echoing the confidence of Ephesians 3:20 that more is possible than what can be asked or imagined.
Late in the recording, a spontaneous testimony about a son's recovery grounds the song's abstractions in a specific, urgent situation: a medical prognosis reversed, framed as evidence rather than metaphor. The recurring phrase "you move mountains" becomes less a request than a description already proven true within the song's own testimony. Gratitude, not explanation, is the song's closing posture — "don't know why but I'm grateful" stands in place of any resolved argument.
Related Scripture
- Isaiah 43:19 A way made in the wilderness, streams in the wasteland.
- Ephesians 3:20 God able to do immeasurably more than can be asked or imagined.