We were free, we were brave, we thought Providence our slave
Til the sea rose to fight and sent us hurling to our graves
We cried out as we drowned, but our voices made no sound
In the waves

Not a truce, nor a bribe, could help us in that tide
All our faith, all our pride, all our strength was cast aside
We were lost to the sea, sunk and buried underneath
But I survived

And it came without a warning
Swept upon us in the morning
In the middle of our laughter, when all was well
That unspeakable disaster fell

We were kings, we were kin, fought as brothers to the end
We were drunk, we were hazed, we threw caution to the wind
We were gods, so we thought, but we learned who we were then
Only men

So pay attention to the warning
If you want to see the morning
In the middle of our laughter, when all was well
That unspeakable disaster'
Crashed into our anchor
And sent us falling to our Maker
So heed the words of one who lived to tell the tale
Learn a lesson from the men who failed

And I don't know why I survived
I too deserved to die
But Providence has turned His eye
Grace has chosen me to stay
To live another day
To give my heart a word to write
Of Peace, that reached through the debris
Of that wreckage I call 'me'
And brought me safely through the night
Of Love, stronger than the flood
That fills my heart like blood
And keeps me anchored to the Light
So listen to what I have found
When my world ran aground
Grace was still a greater tide

And all that I have left to say
To those who've lost their way
Oh, Grace can even save a shipwrecked life