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Defender

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Gateway Worship's song 'Great Defender' celebrates God's protective and saving nature. The lyrics describe how God goes before believers to secure victory over their enemies and restores their faith and hope. The song emphasizes that through praise and worship, believers experience God's defense and love. It highlights themes of salvation, restoration, and trust in God's ways, with a repeated declaration that His way is better. The bridge vividly portrays God picking up the pieces of a broken life and reintroducing the believer to His love, affirming God as the defender of the heart.

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[Verse 1]

You go before I know

That You've even gone to win my war

You come back with the head of my enemy

You come back and You call it my victory, oh yeah

[Verse 2]

You go before I know

That You've even gone to win my war

Your love becomes my greatest defense

It leads me from the dry wilderness

[Pre-Chorus]

And all I did was praise

All I did was worship

All I did was bow down

All I did was stay still

[Chorus]

Hallelujah, You have saved me

So much better this way

Hallelujah, Great Defender

So much better Your way

[Verse 3]

You know before I do

Where my heart can seek to find Your truth

Your mercy is the shade I'm living in

And You restore my faith and hope again

[Pre-Chorus]

And all I did was praise

All I did was worship

All I did was bow down

All I did was stay still, yeah!

[Chorus]

Hallelujah, You have saved me

So much better this way

Hallelujah, Great Defender

So much better Your way

[Interlude]

Oh, so much better Your way

[Bridge]

When I thought I lost me

You knew where I left me

You reintroduced me to Your love

You picked up all my pieces

Put me back together

You are the defender of my heart

When I thought I lost me

You knew where I left me

You reintroduced me to Your love

And You picked up all my pieces

Put me back together

You are the defender of my heart

[Chorus]

Hallelujah, You have saved me

So much better this way

Hallelujah, Great Defender

So much better Your way

Hallelujah, You have saved me

So much better this way

Hallelujah, Great Defender

So much better Your way

Oh, You've for me

[Bridge]

When I thought I lost me

You knew where I left me

You reintroduced me to Your love

And You picked up all my pieces

Put me back together

You are the defender of my heart

[Turn]

[Chorus]

Hallelujah, You have saved me

So much better this way

And hallelujah, Great Defender

So much better Your way

[Outro]

Oh, Jesus

Defender

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