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Paradox
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Aug 7, 2026 updated
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Ellie Holcomb's song "Paradox" explores the surprising truth that God's love often draws us into valleys and depths rather than lifting us to mountaintops. The lyrics describe a journey from trying to reach God through achievement and escape to discovering His closeness in low places. The song celebrates how God meets us in brokenness, where the lost are found, the broken are crowned, and souls rise. It speaks of repentance, belonging, and how our scars tell stories of God's surrounding love. The overall message is one of hope and faith, finding God's presence in our lowest moments.
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I thought if I could stand on top of the world
And see everything
I would see You so clearly
High enough for You to hear me
I thought You wanted me to reach
For heavens out of reach
I would know everything You know
But Your love's pulling me low, pulling me low, pulling me low
Now I'm in a valley, looking up
You have never felt so close
Canyons all around me, stars above
Meet me in the depths below
Where the lost is found
Where the broken is crowned
Where souls rise up from the ground
You got me in the valley looking up
I thought if I could drift away
From the deepest pain in me
I could just swim somehow
But Your love's pulling me down, pulling me down, pulling me down
Now I'm in a valley, looking up
You have never felt so close
Canyons all around me, stars above
Meet me in the depths below
Where the lost is found
Where the broken is crowned
Where souls rise up from the ground
You got me in the valley looking up
Where the misfits, they fit in
Where death brings life again
Where the lonely won't be alone
Where the orphans have a home
Where I don't have to be
Anything but what You made me
Where repentance is glorious
Our scars tell the stories
Of a current of love that's surrounding
Your love is surrounding me
Walking in a valley, looking up
You have never felt so close
Canyons all around me, stars above
Meet me in the depths below
Where the lost is found
Where the broken is crowned
Where the souls, they rise up from the ground
Got me in the valley looking up
Got me in the valley
Got me in the valley looking up
Got me in the valley looking up