You Own Me Lyrics | ClayRoses | The Journey

"You Own Me" is from the ClayRoses album The Journey. Written by Amber Shalene Wheeles. Running time 4:49.

Scripture references are noted beside the lines they draw from, on the first appearance of each.

VERSE 1

Your light shines in the room when you're not in it,

And the air tastes like a dare I'm scared to take.

I'm not polished or pretty in your sight, I admit it,

I'm a bruise with a heartbeat trying not to break.

~ Isaiah 42:3 · Psalm 51:17

Your name sits heavy on my tongue, salted and finished,

Like a secret I swear I'll never tell.

But every inch of this skin wants to confess it,

Your love reaches deeper than the pits of hell.

~ Psalm 139:8 · Romans 8:38-39

PRE-CHORUS

If honesty is rain, I'm soaked through and empty,

And I'm not pretending I don't feel every fault you see.

~ Hebrews 4:13

CHORUS

I pretend I don't hear the sirens in my chest when you test me,

I'm the broken road you paved with your touch, steadied under your wings.

~ Psalm 91:4

If love is a fever, Yahweh, I'm burning in the heat.

~ Song of Solomon 8:6

Forever, tonight, you own me... a rescue, with no retreat.

~ Colossians 1:13

VERSE 2

I'm not a hero in this story, I'm the darkest line left unsaid,

The spill of every doubt I masked with a smile you didn't buy.

But when you pull me close, the noise goes quiet in my head,

And I'm suddenly listening to truth I'm not scared to try.

You've got the power to set me up or tear me apart,

I already choose you, with every edge of this jagged heart.

PRE-CHORUS

If honesty is rain, I'm soaked through and empty,

And I'm not pretending I don't feel every fault you see.

CHORUS

I pretend I don't hear the sirens in my chest when you test me,

I'm the broken road you paved with your touch, steadied under your wings.

If love is a fever, Yahweh, I'm burning in the heat.

Forever, tonight, you own me... a rescue, with no retreat.

BRIDGE

Just real talk, no metaphor shy of breath:

I'm bruised, I'm loud, I'm scared of what comes next,

But right here, with you, I tell my truth without a net.

I'm not asking you to fix me or save me from the dark,

I'm asking you to teach me while I am trying to find your heart.

CHORUS

I pretend I don't hear the sirens in my chest when you test me,

I'm the broken road you paved with your touch, steadied under your wings.

If love is a fever, Yahweh, I'm burning in the heat.

Forever, tonight, you own me... a rescue, with no retreat.

Words and music by Amber Shalene Wheeles. Copyright ClayRoses LLC. All rights reserved.