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Born Again

By Newsboys

1,337 views Sep 24, 2026 updated Born Again: Miracles Edition album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Newsboys open on a mirror rather than a sermon: "I found myself looking into the mirror, knew I wasn't who I wanted to be." The verse names the old pattern honestly—"believed a lie," "tired of going solo"—before the song ever gets to its title.

The chorus locates the change in a specific encounter rather than a general improvement: "I met the one with two scarred hands," naming the crucifixion wounds directly rather than describing Jesus in the abstract. "Giving Him the best of everything that's left of the life inside this man" treats the turnaround as an offering, not a performance.

The second verse turns outward to whoever's watching skeptically—"I see ya walking like you're living in fear... what'd ya download, where'd ya get your info?"—before the bridge names what's actually being let go of: "let go, let go, the guilt, the shame," landing on the same repeated claim, "I've been born again," language pulled straight from Jesus' own words to Nicodemus.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

I found myself looking into the mirror

Knew I wasn't who I wanted to be

I was living life the way that I wanted

But my eyes reminded me I'm not free


Believed a lie so everything that I know

Says I gotta go, tired of going solo

But I'm never gonna go there again


This is what it is, this is who I am

This is where I finally take my stand

I didn't wanna fall but I don't have to crawl

I met the one with two scarred hands


Giving Him the best of

Everything that's left of

The life inside this man

I've been born again


I see ya walking like you're living in fear

Having trouble even looking at me

Wishing they would give you more than words

Sick of people telling how it should be


What'd ya download? Where'd ya get your info?

You saw that I'm sure, now you're in the in though

Gonna tell you what I believe


This is what it is, this is who I am

This is where I finally take my stand

I didn't wanna fall but I don't have to crawl

I met the one with two scarred hands


Giving Him the best of

Everything that's left of

The life inside this man

I've been born again


We are the ones they call by name

I'm never gonna look back

Let go, let go, the guilt, the shame

Said, I'm never gonna look back

This is who I am


This is what it is, this is who I am

This is where I finally take my stand

I didn't wanna fall but I don't have to crawl

I met the one with two scarred hands


Giving Him the best of

Everything that's left of

The life inside this man

I've been born again


This is who I am

I didn't wanna fall but I don't have to crawl

I met the one with two scarred hands


Giving Him the best of

Everything that's left of

The life inside this man

I've been born again

I've been born again


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