The Author

Album: released as a single (2026)
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  • Picked up the Book for the first time in ages
    Still washed me clean with the dust on the pages
    My life is a story I struggle to write
    But is it one worth telling? Is it one You like?

    So who am I? Who am I?
    Am I just a poor preacher's prodigal son?
    A troubled child, running wild
    Chasing the glory instead of the One
    Who says that I, even I
    Have something still left to offer?
    So who am I? Who am I
    To question the pen in the hands of The Author?

    Like every good story, you learn from the loss
    And I lost the plot every time I've played God
    I live in a moment You already wrote
    And it proves that I'm someone, yeah, someone You love

    So who am I? Who am I?
    Am I just a poor preacher's prodigal son?
    A troubled child, running wild
    Chasing the glory instead of the One
    Who says that I, oh, even I
    Have something still left to offer?
    So who am I? Who am I
    To question the pen in the hands of The Author?

    I see trauma, I see worthless
    You see something You can work with
    I see weakness, I see failure
    You see something good on paper
    And I've seen ashes turn to beauty
    I've felt heaven working through me
    I've seen panic turn to power
    Felt Your peace in my darkest hour

    What grace is this?
    Called me by name again and again and again and again
    What grace is this?
    Crossed out my shame
    Forgives me again and again and again and again and again

    So who am I? God, who am I?
    Am I just a poor preacher's prodigal son?
    A troubled child, still running wild
    Chasing the glory instead of the One
    Who says that I, even I
    Have something still left to offer?
    Well, wo am I? Who am I
    To question the pen in the hands of The Author?

    I'm ink in the pen in the hands of The Author
    I'm ink in the pen in the hands of The Author
    I'm ink in the pen in the hands of The Author Writer/s: Benjamin Hastings, Brandon Lake, Micah David Nichols, Nick Jonas, Trannie Anderson
    Publisher: Capitol CMG Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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