If I Had To Die For Someone lyrics

Song information

Artist: Petra
Album: God Fixation

Lyrics

Words and music by bob hartman
Based on john 15:13

I wear my seatbelt in the car I buckle up for safety
I run for cover from the storm
I wear a band aid on my knee I look both ways when crossing and I flee
Any danger I can see
And if I try each day to save my life in every way I can
How could I understand the way
You died for me

(Chorus)
'Cause I don't know if I could even if I think I would
If I had to die for someone
If I had to die for someone else
How could I ever give my life to set the guilty free
When I cannot imagine
If I had to die for someone else like me
Someone else like me

I keep away from falling rocks and I don't play with matches
I lock the door I don't know why
It seems to me I'm much too old to wear a scarf out in the cold
But I want to live until I die
I guess I love my life a little more than I should love it
And if I had to I don't know if I could
Lay it down

And I am glad that you are not at all like me
'Cause you laid down your life and did it willingly
It still amazes me to know
It's me that you were thinking of
No one else could have a greater love