I Am Not Ashamed

[00:17.25] God is a storyteller
[00:22.19] A lover composing a letter
[00:26.63] And every word is hope and light and glory
[00:35.17] This is the awesome endeavor
[00:39.38] Justice that flows forever
[00:43.24] But fear and shame will interrupt the story
[01:08.98] Shame is a blight on our vision
[01:12.81] Implicates us in vain competition
[01:17.39] The imprint of fear on our hearts is how it all starts to break down
[01:25.60] So we're set on a course for collision
[01:29.87] We succumb to the way of division
[01:34.39] All of us bullies and victims on the playground
[01:42.91] I'm not ashamed
[01:47.25] I will not cave
[01:51.36] My spirit rises
[01:56.56] I am brave
[01:59.84] I shed the mark
[02:04.11] Burned on my heart
[02:08.23] My hope remains
[02:13.56] I am not ashamed
[02:33.67] The liars implore you to listen
[02:37.66] Subvert you with artful suspicion
[02:41.66] Who wouldn't chase after heaven when living feels like hell
[02:50.24] So they call you a name of derision
[02:54.30] Instead of the one you were given
[02:58.78] But please remember your life is not their story to tell
[03:07.66] I'm not ashamed
[03:11.85] I will not cave
[03:16.00] My spirit rises
[03:21.35] I am brave
[03:24.53] I shed the mark
[03:28.77] Burned on my heart
[03:32.91] My hope remains
[03:38.29] I am not ashamed
[03:41.19] I got nothing to even hide no more
[03:42.59] I'm gonna come out from right behind closed doors
[03:44.73] Take the mark that burned upon my heart
[03:46.36] I let it go and left it right behind those doors
[03:49.02] I'm so much more, than what they said
[03:51.00] Remembering who I am instead
[03:53.15] I left the shame and kept the grace
[03:55.30] To keep my soul I left the race
[03:56.96] Set my pace to eliminate the hustling
[03:59.41] Of my worth is not a mistake I will make
[04:01.53] Resistance leads to suffering so it's no wondering
[04:03.93] It is the one thing that I will not take on
[04:06.18] I will stay strong finding freedom when I play songs
[04:09.00] Take wrongs and make them right
[04:10.26] Then as I write my life will play on
[04:12.15] Every note rise up until the shame gone
[04:15.41] I'm not ashamed
[04:19.96] I will not cave
[04:23.82] My spirit rises
[04:29.00] I am brave
[04:32.30] I shed the mark
[04:36.50] Burned on my heart
[04:40.66] My hope remains
[04:45.55] My hope remains
[04:49.13] I'm not ashamed
[04:53.52] I will not cave
[04:57.66] My spirit rises
[05:02.92] I am brave
[05:06.17] I shed the mark
[05:10.42] Burned on my heart
[05:14.56] My hope remains
[05:19.92] I am not ashamed
[05:30.10] Not ashamed, no, no, no
[05:40.09] God is a storyteller
[05:44.28] A lover composing a letter
[05:48.52] And every word is hope and light and glory