I Am

Take me instead I'll stand in the middle A martyr once said Hoping to deliver us Take me instead I'll stand in the middle When the river runs red Hoping for deliverance Defiant, I'll become the shelter In the hope that my death Gives more before oblivion I'm hoping that the river runs dry yet I am all of who I am Wear the face of all I know I am I am all of who I am I the tested, I the broken stand Take me instead I'll stand unforgiven When the river runs red Hoping this delivers us Defiant, I'll become the shelter In the hope that my death Gives more before oblivion Hoping that the river runs dry yet I am all of who I am Wear the face of all I know I am I am all of who I am I the tested, I the broken stand On the inside Born a slave here in denial I am free now I am just holding my own sacred line I will keep on following For the one who bears the eyes I conceived Mine offered up I will brace, bleed and defy The moment that the river runs I am all of who I am Wear the face of all I know I am Both the liar and the honest man I the tested, I the broken stand I'm hoping to deliver us Hoping to deliver us Hoping that the river runs dry