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The House You're Building
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Aug 20, 2026 updated
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Audrey Assad's song 'The House You're Building' uses the metaphor of a house to describe God's work in a believer's life. The lyrics speak of feeling weary and wandering like a vagabond, but being called by God to a home that provides meaning and beauty. The singer acknowledges being a 'broken stone' yet asks to be placed in the house God is building, which represents the community of believers with Christ as the cornerstone. The song conveys themes of surrender, identity, and finding rest in God's presence.
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Yeah these are old shoes that I've been walking in
I'm wearing weary like it's a second skin
I've been looking for a place to lay my head
All this time like a vagabond
A homeless stranger
I've been wandering
All my life you've been calling me
To a home you know I've been needing
I'm a broken stone
So lay me in the house you're building
(Yeah come on)
You are a shelter for every misfit soul
We are the four walls and you're the cornerstone
You are
And you're the solid rock that we are built upon
And all this time like a vagabond
A homeless stranger
I've been wandering
And all my life you've been calling me
To a home you know that I've been needing
I'm a broken stone
So lay me in the house you're building
'Cause in you I find my meaning, yeah
And in you I find my beauty
All this time like a vagabond
A homeless stranger
I've been wandering
All my life you've been calling me
To a home you know I've been needing
All this time like a vagabond
A homeless stranger
I've been wandering
All my life you've been calling me
To a home you know I've been needing
I'm a broken stone
So lay me in the house you're building
Lay me in the house you're building
In the house you're building