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As You Find Me

By Hillsong United

1,765 views Sep 9, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

The most unusual line in this Hillsong United song isn't the chorus — it's the pre-chorus claim that 'I was found before I was lost, I was Yours before I was not,' which reverses the usual order of a redemption story and insists God's claim on the singer came first, not as a response to being lost. The verses spend real time on contradiction rather than resolution: strong and broken in the same breath, faithful and reckless at every bend, wrestling toward surrender rather than arriving at it cleanly. That honesty about instability is what makes the chorus land — 'I don't deserve this kind of love, somehow this kind of love is who You are' locates the love in God's character rather than the singer's worthiness, which is close to the biblical claim that love was demonstrated while the singer was still at their worst, not after cleaning up. The second pre-chorus adds a physical detail that sharpens the whole song: God wearing the scars for the singer's mistakes, rather than simply forgiving them from a distance. The bridge's repeated 'Your love's too good to leave me here' functions as the song's real thesis — not gratitude for a completed rescue, but recognition that the love itself won't allow abandonment partway through.
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VERSE 1:
I’ve been strong
And I’ve been broken within a moment 
I’ve been faithful
And I’ve been reckless at every bend 
I’ve held everything together
And watched it shatter
I’ve stood tall and I have crumbled
In the same breath

VERSE 2:
I have wrestled
And I have trembled toward surrender 
Chased my heart adrift
And drifted home again
Plundered blessing
Till I’ve been desperate to find redemption 
And every time I turn around
Lord You’re still there

PRE-CHORUS 1:
I was found
Before I was lost
I was Yours
Before I was not
Grace to spare
For all my mistakes
And that part just wrecks me

CHORUS:
And I know I don’t deserve this kind of love 
Somehow this kind of love is who You are 
It’s a grace I could never add up
To be somebody You still want
But somehow
You love me as You find me

VERSE 3:
Who am I
To think Your glory needs my praises 
But if this borrowed breath is Yours Lord 
Take it all
You are faithful and You are gracious 
And I’m just grateful
To think You don’t need a single thing 
And still You want my heart

PRE-CHORUS 2:
I was found
Before I was lost
I was Yours
Before I was not
You wear the scars
For all my mistakes
And that part just wrecks me

TAG:
Your love’s too good to leave me here

BRIDGE:
If You want my heart
I won’t second guess
‘Cause I need Your love
More than anything
I’m in
I’m Yours
Your love’s too good to leave me here 
Your love’s too good to leave me

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