When God has placed me in your path, before your very eyes,
I wonder if you see me as a devil in disguise.
A monstrous freak of nature now estranged from God’s true way,
wrapped up in my sins, my wretched soul lost in the fray?

But oh, the revelation, should you spare me the second glance,
the things you might discover if you’d give me just a chance.
My mistakes are not my life, and my problem’s not my name;
If God can grant me mercy, surely you could do the same?

You think a heartless criminal, is all I’ll ever be,
no chance that I could ever fit, into society.
But what you might not realise, is that, inside my mind,
the light of Jesus Christ our Lord helps me confront your kind.

If only you could see that there, is more to me than this,
beneath the crime exists my sanctum; my eternal bliss.
God has saved me from myself, I’ve made peace at last with shame;
If God can grant me mercy, surely you could do the same?

I realise you still see me, as the man I used to be,
that creature whose reflection was the one I refused to see.
But after years of prison time, a new man wears my face,
I placed myself in God’s two hands; he filled my life with grace.

To you I’m just a stranger with a past that’s here to stay,
but still, you’d find it interesting to stop and talk one day.
It’s easy just to judge me, though I must accept the blame;
If God can grant me mercy, surely you could do the same?

I’ve repented of my decisions, and now bask in God’s true love,
cleansed of all my earthly sins, I praise him in the heavens above.
What must I do to make you see, my nature is now pure?
If you’re sickened by my past, that illness has a cure.

If you let me, I can try to help you, see with open eyes,
but it’s up to you to make the shift, to see the truth behind the lies.
So, if you see me walking near, recall my heartfelt claim;
If God can grant me mercy, surely you could do the same!