Before the World Was

[Intro]

Before anything existed, you were already loving

Tonight, we step into a story older than the stars

The romance of the ages

Holy Spirit, open our eyes

[Verse 1]

Before a single star was named

Before the oceans learned the shore

There was a longing in the silence

A love that wanted something more

You didn't dream me as a stranger

You didn't draw me in the dark

You saw my face inside your beloved

I was written on His heart

[Pre-Chorus]

So when they tell me I was lost before I started

I remember where this story really starts

[Chorus]

I was loved before the world was

Chosen before the light

Held in the thought of forever

Long before my first night

Whatever falls, whatever fails me

Whatever the years erase

I was loved before the world was

And love has kept my place

[Verse 2]

They say I wandered from a garden

They say I fell so far from grace

But you were never counting distance

You were counting down the days

[Bridge]

Oh, the fall could never fall as far as the arms already spread

Your yes to me is older than anything I've ever done or said

So when the mirror tries to tell me I am forgotten

I remember whose reflection I am

Older than my failure, older than my shame

Older than the mountains is the love that knows my name

[Final Chorus]

I was loved before the world was

Chosen before the light

Oh, held in the thought of forever

Long before my first night

And nothing now can unwrite me

No night can steal my place

I was loved before the world was

I am kept inside that grace

[Outro]

Before the world, you loved me

Before the world, you knew…

And that love didn't stay far away

It got up, and it came

Text origin

21st century

Melody origin

21st century

Recording

2026

Original language

English

Performed language

English

Musical form

Gospel