In this obsession with / The things this world says make us happy / Can’t see the slaves we are / In all the searching, all the grasping / Like we deserve much more / Than all these blessings we’re holding / So now I’m running free / Into an ocean of mercy, unending // So come and empty me / So that it’s You I breathe / I want my life to be / Only Christ in me / So I will fix my eyes / ‘Cause You’re my source of life / I need the world to see / That it’s Christ in me, yeah / That it’s Christ in me, yeah // Done with what holds me down / The things I once was chasing after / Throw off these heavy chains / That I have let become my master / So now I’m running free / Into an ocean of mercy, unending
This is what Matthew West tells us about his song “Unashamed.”