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Nail-Scarred and Heaven-Torn

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A plainspoken country-gospel confession that refuses to make Calvary cheap: the Father did not spare His Son, love wore thorns and scars, and the cross now calls every believer to a whole-life response. It is a song about costly grace and the daily surrender it creates.

"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
Isaiah 53:5

A song for the road you're on.

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Lyrics

Nail-Scarred and Heaven-Torn
Dirt Road Gospel Music
DirtRoadGospelMusic.com

[Verse 1]
He did not spare His only Son
No ram was in the thicket this time
Gave up the throne to bear the weight
Of every debt that wasn't His, but mine

[Chorus]
Nail-scarred and heaven-torn
That's the cost of love
Love wasn't cheap, love wasn't safe
A body broken, a crown of thorns
Nail-scarred and heaven-torn
That's the cost of love

[Verse 2]
Twelve men left it all on the shore
Counted the cost before they'd count the cheer
Some met a cross, some met a sword
Proved greater love has no one, then disappeared

[Chorus]
Nail-scarred and heaven-torn
That's the cost of love
Love wasn't cheap, love wasn't safe
A body broken, a crown of thorns
Nail-scarred and heaven-torn
That's the cost of love

[Bridge]
So what does it cost me now
To lay this living sacrifice down
Every day I die again
Every day I'm found

So let it cost me everything
Let it cost me all I am
No half-hearted offering
Just a broken, empty hand

[Final Chorus]
Nail-scarred and heaven-torn
That's the cost of love
Love wasn't cheap, love wasn't safe
A body broken, a crown of thorns
And now it costs me too
Every day reborn
Nail-scarred and heaven-torn
That's the cost of love

[Outro]
He did not spare His only Son
He did not spare His only Son
So I won't spare mine
Nail-scarred and heaven-torn
Nail-scarred and heaven-torn