Safe in the Ground

Verse 1

He placed something precious in the palm of my hand

Said, “Use it while I’m gone—I know you understand”

The others started building, but I counted every cost

Till the fear of losing something made me leave it in the box

I told myself that caution was the wiser road

No shattered expectations, no unbearable load

So I wrapped it up in reasons, carried it outside

Dug a little grave and laid the best of me inside

Pre-Chorus

I thought He’d be impressed

That nothing had been lost

But you can keep a gift untouched

And still waste what it cost

Chorus

So I kept it safe in the ground

Buried my calling beneath my doubt

Afraid I’d lose what He gave to me

So I never let it out

I called hiding “being careful”

I called silence “waiting well”

But He never asked me not to fail

He asked me to be faithful

Verse 2

Maybe yours is in a notebook that you never let them read

Maybe mine was every word I swallowed when I should’ve tried to speak

Maybe fear can sound like wisdom when it’s talking in your voice

Saying, “If you never take the chance, you’ll never make the wrong choice”

But the dream stays in the basement, and the song stays on the phone

The seat beside the hurting friend stays empty and alone

We pray for clearer answers while the daylight disappears

Then blame the One who gave the gift for what we did from fear

Pre-Chorus

We say, “I knew You’d judge me

If I ever got it wrong”

But maybe what He wanted

Was our trust all along

Chorus

So I kept it safe in the ground

Buried my calling beneath my doubt

Afraid I’d lose what He gave to me

So I never let it out

I called hiding “being careful”

I called silence “waiting well”

But He never asked me not to fail

He asked me to be faithful

Bridge

Then I heard Him at the doorway

And the dirt was on my hands

I brought back what He gave me

Like that had been the plan

I said, “Master, I was frightened

I knew how great You are”

He said, “Why did knowing who I am

Make you bury who you are?”

Now every excuse is empty

Every alibi falls through

The safest thing I ever did

Was the thing that proved untrue

Final Chorus

I kept it safe in the ground

Buried my calling beneath my doubt

Afraid I’d lose what He gave to me

So I never let it out

I called hiding “being careful”

I called silence “waiting well”

But He never asked me not to fail

He asked me to be faithful

Outro

If there’s still dirt beneath your nails

And breath inside your lungs

Go uncover what you buried

There is still work to be done

He never asked you not to fail

Or promised it would be painless

He gave you something worth the risk

Now go and be faithful