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How Can It Be
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Jul 13, 2026 updated
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Lauren Daigle's song 'How Can It Be' is a worship ballad about grace and redemption. The lyrics express personal guilt and shame over sin, but find hope in Christ's sacrifice and forgiveness. The singer marvels at being declared free and loved despite failures, emphasizing that God's grace covers all wrongs. The song draws on themes of salvation and new life, echoing biblical truths about justification and mercy.
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I am guilty
Ashamed of what I've done, what I've become
These hands are dirty
I dare not lift them up to the Holy One
You plead my cause, you right my wrongs
You break my chains, you overcome
You gave your life, to give me mine
You say that I am free
How can it be? Yeah
How can it be? Yeah
I've been hiding
Afraid I've let you down
[Album version:] Inside I doubt, that you still love me
[Video version:] Inside I doubt, that you could love me
But in your eyes, there's only grace now
You plead my cause, you right my wrongs
You break my chains, you overcome
You gave your life, to give me mine
You say that I am free
How can it be? Yeah
How can it be? Yeah
Though I fall, you can make me new
From this death, I will rise with you
Oh, the grace reaching out for me, yeah
How can it be, how can it be?
You plead my cause, you right my wrongs
You break my chains, you overcome
You gave your life, to give me mine
You say that I am free, yeah
You plead my cause, you right my wrongs
You break my chains, you overcome
You gave your life, to give me mine
You say that I am free
How can it be? Yeah
How can it be? Yeah