Someday in paradise
The books will open
To tell you my life story
How I rolled the dice
Thrived in disguise
Thought I was wise
In my stubborn will
I traded paradise,
Where time stands still,
For fleeting pleasures
I claimed as mine to fill
Someday in paradise
The books will open
To tell you my life story
How I gained it all
Knowing my soul
Would take the fall
I heard a voice saying,
“I am the Way”
“All paths are the same,”
So I said, and went astray
Someday in paradise
The books will open
To tell you my life story
How I loved the game
Lived for the fame
And the chanting of my name
He said, “The first will be last”
I said, “I will be unsurpassed,
And my legacy vast”
He said without Him
All is vanity
I said, “You dying for me
Is insanity”
I despised His cross as shame
Too blind to understand
Why He came
Someday in paradise
The books will open
To tell you my life story
How I lost paradise
Awaiting on the other side
Because of my lofty pride
How I failed to see
A love as wide as the sea
That wanted to save
A sinner like me
And set me free