[Verse 1]
I won't forget the wonder of how You brought
Deliverance the exodus of my heart
You found me You freed me
Held back the waters for my release
Oh Yahweh
[Chorus]
You're the God who fights for me
Lord of every victory
Hallelujah hallelujah
You have torn apart the sea
You have led me through the deep
Hallelujah hallelujah
[Verse 2]
A cloud by day is a sign that You are with me
The fire by night is a guiding light to my feet
You found me You freed me
Held back the waters for my release
Oh Yahweh
[Chorus]
You're the God who fights for me
Lord of every victory
Hallelujah hallelujah
You have torn apart the sea
You have led me through the deep
Hallelujah hallelujah
[Chorus]
You're the God who fights for me
Lord of every victory
Hallelujah hallelujah
You have torn apart the sea
You have led me through the deep
Hallelujah hallelujah
[Bridge]
'Cause You stepped into my Egypt
You took me by the hand
You marched me out in freedom
Into the promised land
Now I will not forget You
I'll sing of all You've done
Death is swallowed up forever
In the fury of Your love
'Cause You stepped into my Egypt
You took me by the hand
You marched me out in freedom
Into the promised land
Now I will not forget You
I'll sing of all You've done
Death is swallowed up forever
By the fury of Your love
[Chorus]
You're the God who fights for me
Lord of every victory
Hallelujah hallelujah
You have torn apart the sea
You have led me through the deep
Hallelujah hallelujah
[Chorus]
You're the God who fights for me
Lord of every victory
Hallelujah hallelujah
You have torn apart the sea
You have led me through the deep
Hallelujah hallelujah
Egypt
Song Meaning
Shane & Shane retell the Exodus in "Egypt" as personal history rather than ancient story — "I won't forget the wonder of how You brought deliverance, the exodus of my heart... held back the waters for my release." The specific images stay tied to the original account throughout: a cloud by day, fire by night, the sea torn apart, none of it generalized into vague rescue language.
"You stepped into my Egypt, You took me by the hand, You marched me out in freedom into the promised land" makes the transfer explicit — whatever the listener's own Egypt was, the song claims the same God who acted at the Red Sea is the one acting there too. "Death is swallowed up forever in the fury of Your love" reaches past the Exodus story itself toward Paul's language about death's defeat, tying the Old Testament rescue to the New Testament one without treating them as separate events.
The repeated "Hallelujah, hallelujah" refrain keeps the song's register closer to testimony than instruction — less about explaining deliverance and more about the fact of having received it.