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But The Cross

By Ben Fuller

1,531 views Sep 13, 2026 updated Who I Am album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Ben Fuller personifies the accusations first — "I heard shame told you a story that you can't escape your past," "I heard fear sold you some fiction" — treating guilt and fear as characters running a con rather than abstract feelings, which sets up the chorus as a direct rebuttal to a specific claim rather than a general declaration of grace.

"They say you're too guilty for His grace, you're too far gone and now you're too late" states the accusation in full before the cross answers it point by point: "but the cross says they're wrong." The second verse switches from addressing the listener to confessing the singer's own history with the same lies — "I've been right there where you're standing... I was only born to lose" — turning testimony into evidence rather than distant advice.

The bridge names the two accusers by their specific tactics: shame calling him broken, fear calling it over, and answers each directly — "I know I'm forgiven," "this is the beginning" — matching each lie with its exact opposite rather than a general reassurance.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

Verse 1:

I heard shame told you a story

That you can't escape your past

That the innocence you lost

There's no way to get it back

I heard fear sold you some fiction

You bought everything he had

Made you too afraid to live

And kept your heart under attack


Pre-Chorus:

They say you're too guilty for His grace

You're too far gone and now you're too late


Chorus:

But the cross says they're wrong

Don't believe the words they say

Let the truth wash them away

'Cause His blood says you're loved

Evеry lie is bound to leave

Whеn there's nothing you believe but the cross


Verse 2:

I've been right there where you're standing

All those things they told me too

That I was out of second chances

And I was only born to lose

They said I was born to lose


Chorus:

But the cross says they're wrong

Don't believe the words they say

Let the truth wash them away

'Cause His blood says you're loved

Every lie is bound to leave

When there's nothing you believe but the cross


Bridge:

Shame tells me I'm broken, but I know I'm forgiven

Fear tells me it's over, but this is the beginning

Oh, they can say whatever they want

Oh, they can say whatever they want

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Chorus:

But the cross says they're wrong

I don't believe the words they say

'Cause the truth washed them away

Oh, His blood (His blood) says I'm loved (I'm loved)

Every lie is bound to leave

When there's nothing we believe

But the cross (The cross)


Outro:

I know I'm forgiven (Of the cross)

This is the beginning (Of the cross)

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