[Verse 1]
Today I found myself
After searching all these years
And the man that I saw, he wasn't at all who I thought he'd be
I was lost when you found me here
And I was broken beyond repair
Then you came along and you sang your song over me
It feels like I'm born again
It feels like I'm living
For the very first time
For the very first time
In my life
Make a promise to me now
Reassure my heart somehow
That the love that I feel is so much more real than anything
I've a feeling in my soul
And I pray that I'm not wrong
That the life I have now, it is only the beginning
It feels like I'm born again
It feels like I'm living
For the very first time
For the very first time
It feels like I'm breathing
It feels like I'm moving
For the very first time
For the very first time
I wasn't looking for something that was more
Than what I had yesterday
Then you came to me and you gave to me
Life and a love that I've never known
That I've never felt before
It feels like I'm born again
It feels like I'm living
For the very first time
I'm living for the first time
It feels like I'm breathing
It feels like I'm moving
For the very first time
I'm living for the first time
In my life
Born Again
Song Meaning
Third Day borrows Jesus' own phrase for spiritual rebirth as the title of "Born Again," but keeps the language of the verses almost entirely physical rather than doctrinal — "it feels like I'm breathing, it feels like I'm moving, for the very first time." The transformation is described the way someone might describe recovering from a long illness, not as a theological concept but as a bodily sensation.
"I was lost when You found me here, and I was broken beyond repair" keeps the starting point honest about how far gone things were, which raises the stakes for what follows: "then You came along and You sang your song over me." The gentleness of that image — a song sung over someone, not a dramatic rescue — matches the quiet, almost surprised tone of the rest of the lyric.
"I wasn't looking for something that was more than what I had yesterday" admits the change wasn't sought out or expected, which makes the closing claim land harder — "life and a love that I've never known, that I've never felt before" — describing something given rather than something found through searching.