Forsake That Way (Album Take)

Lyrics

Forsake That Way
by Stoney Rock Studios

[Spoken Intro]
You’ve been holding on so long,
you forgot you could let go.
But today—
you’re dropping that rope.

[Verse 1]
That old life keeps pulling
Trying to bring you back
Pulling on your memory
Pulling on your past

But God has called you forward
There’s freedom up the road
You cannot walk into it
Until you drop that rope

[Chorus]
Drop that rope
Let it go
You don’t have to fight it anymore

Drop that rope
Free your soul
God has something better up the road

Choir: Drop it!
Drop it!
Drop that rope!

Choir: Leave it!
Leave it!
Let it go!

[Verse 2]
Every lie you keep believing
Adds another knot
Every grudge you keep on feeding
Takes more strength than you’ve got

You’ve wrestled with your flesh
Until your hands became sore
Open up your hands
You don’t need that rope no more

[Chorus]
Drop that rope
Let it go
You don’t have to fight it anymore

Drop that rope
Free your soul
God has something better up the road

Choir: Drop it!
Drop it!
Drop that rope!

Choir: Leave it!
Leave it!
Let it go!

[Bridge]
Sopranos: Open your hands
Altos: Release your past
Tenors: What God has for you
All: Is built to last

Sopranos: Open your hands
Altos: Release your pain
Tenors: You cannot be free
All: While you’re pulling that chain

[Breakdown]
Choir: Drop it!
Director: That anger!
Choir: Drop it!

Director: That lying!
Choir: Drop it!

Director: That jealousy!
Choir: Drop it!

Director: That secret thing!
Choir: Drop it!

Director: That nasty attitude!
Choir: Drop it!

Director: You know what it is!
Choir: Drop it!

[Spoken Ministry]
You keep asking God to pull you out,
but you still have your hands wrapped around it.

God is not holding you there.
You are holding the rope.

That relationship—drop it.
That bitterness—drop it.
That habit you keep hiding—drop it.
That old version of you—drop it.

Open your hands.
Step away.
Let the Lord have His way.

[Vamp]
Drop that rope
Drop that rope
It cannot hold you
If you let it go

Drop that rope
Drop that rope
Your hands are free
Your heart is whole

[Choir Build]
I let it go!
I let it go!
I’m not pulling against my freedom anymore

I let it go!
I let it go!
What had me bound
Doesn’t have me anymore

[Final Chorus]
Drop that rope
Let it go
You don’t have to fight it anymore

Drop that rope
Free your soul
God has something better up the road

[Outro]
Choir: Open your hands
Open your hands
Open your hands

Drop that rope.