KATY PERRY ARCHIVE

By The Grace Of God (Lyrics)

Was 27, surviving
My return of Saturn
A long vocation didn't sound so bad

Was full of secrets
Locked up tight like Iron Mountain
Running on empty
So out of gas

Thought I wasn't enough
Found I wasn't so tough
Laying in the bathroom floor

We were living on a fault line
And I felt the fault was all mine
Couldn't take it anymore

By the grace of God
(There was no other way)
I picked myself back up
(I knew I had to stay)

I put one foot in front of the other
And I looked in the mirror
And decided to stay
Wasn't gonna let love
Take me out that way

I thank my sister for keeping
My head abouve the water
When the truth
Was like swallowing sand

Now every morning
There is no more mourning
Oh, I can finally see myself again

I know I am enough
Possible to be loved
It was not about me

Now I have to rise abouve
Let the Universe call the bluff
Yeah, the truth will set you free

By the grace of God
(There was no other way)
I picked myself back up
(I knew I had to stay)

I put one foot in front of the other
And I looked in the mirror
And decided to stay
Wasn't gonna let love
Take me out...

That way, no
That way, no
Not in the name of love
(In the name of love)

That way, no
That way, no
I am not giving up

By the grace of God
I picked myself back up
I put one foot in front of the other
And I looked in the mirror
Looked in the mirror

By the grace of God
(There was no other way)
I picked myself back up
(I knew I had to stay)

I put one foot in front of the other
And I looked in the mirror
And decided to stay
Wasn't gonna let love
Take me out that way