Iris Testimony

Lyrics

[Verse 1 - stripped-back piano, soft fingerpicked guitar, intimate female vocal]
Fifteen and fading under city lights,
A little too grown for a child’s size life,
I danced for a dollar, danced through the pain,
Smiled through the bruises, hid the shame.
Then an unknown voice came through my phone,
Said, “Come back home, you don’t have to roam.”
I typed, “What home? I’ve been lost so long,”
He said, “There’s a Father who still calls you His own.”

[Chorus - warm strings, gentle swell, worshipful harmony]
This is my testimony, this is my story,
Thank God for deliverance from the King of glory.
Hallelujah to the God who’s guiding my journey,
I’m a witness to the love and the life He gave me freely.
If you’re yearning for freedom from sin,
You gotta first believe and give your whole heart to Him.
Deliverance may sound scary, but it’s cleansing, it’s mercy,
Like a lifelong river washing over my hurting.

[Verse 2 - tender build, acoustic guitar, breathy but confident vocal]
He wrote me back with truth and grace,
Said, “The Lord is near to the broken in place.”
“Come as you are,” that’s what He said,
“For the Shepherd leaves the ninety-nine to find the one instead.”
And the shadows in me started losing their voice,
Chains fell quiet when I made my choice.
Now I know what freedom in Jesus means,
He breaks every prison and He heals every wound unseen.

[Chorus - fuller piano, layered vocals, brighter worship lift]
This is my testimony, this is my story,
Thank God for deliverance from the King of glory.
Hallelujah to the God who’s guiding my journey,
I’m a witness to the love and the life He gave me freely.
If you’re yearning for freedom from sin,
You gotta first believe and give your whole heart to Him.
Deliverance may sound scary, but it’s cleansing, it’s mercy,
Like a lifelong river washing over my hurting.

[Bridge - stripped to piano and pad, vulnerable lead vocal with soft harmonies]
“Fear not,” Your Word says, “for I am with you”
Isaiah 41:10, You carried me through.
You said, “If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed”
John 8:36, now that promise lives in me.
I was lost, but You found me,
Dead in my sin, but You crowned me.
You are my refuge, my strength, my song,
In Christ alone, I know I belong.

[Outro - glowing piano, gentle swell, reverent ad-libs]
Satan won’t win my name,
For God loves me too much to let me be claimed.
He started this work and He’ll see it through,
From my first breath to my last, I will trust in You.
This is my testimony, this is my praise,
Jesus walked with me through the darkest days.
Thank God for deliverance, King of glory,
Hallelujah, hallelujah, this is my story.