[Verse 1]
Standing at the gate of love
Waiting for the life of the Son
To follow me 'til I am undone
[Verse 2]
Oh, you pulled me out of the mud
Up from the miry clay
You washed all my sins away
I've been redeemed
[Chorus]
I am a new creation
I have been born again
[Verse 3]
I'm here in the world
But my home is in a heavenly place
Far above the stars out in space
I'm not afraid
[Verse 4]
Death where is your sting
Hell will never conquer me
A love pure and holy
Has set me free
And [Chorus]
I am a new creation
I have been born again
I am a new creation
I have been born again
[Bridge]
For behold! The old has passed away!
There's a hole inside of me
And I'll never run away from you!
Anymore, anymore
[Chorus]
I am a new creation
I have been born again
I am a new creation
I have been born again
[Outro]
The old has passed away and the new has come!
I am a new creation
I have been born again!
New Creation
Song Meaning
Leeland opens "New Creation" at the threshold rather than after arrival — "standing at the gate of love, waiting for the life of the Son, to follow me 'til I am undone" — describing anticipation before any transformation has actually happened.
"You pulled me out of the mud, up from the miry clay, You washed all my sins away" borrows the psalmist's rescue imagery directly, and "I've been redeemed" states the result in the plainest possible past tense before the chorus repeats its core claim twice: "I am a new creation, I have been born again."
"I'm here in the world, but my home is in a heavenly place" locates identity somewhere other than present circumstances, and "death where is your sting" quotes Paul's own taunt against death almost word for word. "For behold! The old has passed away!" repeats 2 Corinthians as exclamation rather than explanation, and the closing line, "the old has passed away and the new has come," lets scripture's own words stand as the song's final, unadorned summary.