You Loved Us First

Intro 

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Because You loved us first, first 
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Now we can love each other 
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We know what love is worth, worth 
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Because You loved us first 



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I wounded everyone I cared about; I shut them out 
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I built a barricade of pride they could not climb 
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Your death, Your blood, Your love, changed everything 



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Because You loved us first, first 
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Now we can love each other 
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We know what love is worth, worth 
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Because You loved us first 



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Your wounded hands and feet, Your scars; they speak of love for me 
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This selfless sacrifice, a love I've never seen 
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The blood You shed for me has set me free 


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Because You loved us first, first 
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Now we can love each other 
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We know what love is worth, worth 
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Because You loved us first 



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Love is laying down your life 
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Love is marked with sacrifice 

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Love will always persevere when nothing else will pay that price 
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Love forgives and love defends 
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Love is patient, without end 
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Love, He came and called us friends and died so we could be with Him 

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Because You loved us first, first 
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Now we can love each other 
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We know what love is worth, worth 
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Because You loved us first