Confession as a transaction. She kneels for absolution while the price is read out — money in the plate, a ticket through the gate — and by the second verse the absolution is her own design. The bridge says what the hymn won’t: nobody’s clean.
The line
“Every promise has a price / Every heaven hides a vice.”
Lyrics
Give me redemption
Give me redemption
I confess in holy light
All the wrongs I did tonight
Sweet forgiveness, come on down
Lay your hands and heal me now
I'm the sinner, you're the shrine
Pour the water, bless the wine
Give me redemption
(down on my knees)
Give me redemption
(deliver me)
Wash me in mercy
Drown me in grace
Give me redemption
Right here, face to face
Put your money in the plate
Buy your ticket through the gate
Every promise has a price
Every heaven hides a vice
I'm the sinner, you're the shrine
Your absolution, my design
Give me redemption
(down on my knees)
Give me redemption
(deliver me)
Wash me in mercy
Drown me in grace
Give me redemption
Right here, face to face
Confess
Confess
Say it like you mean it
Confess
Confess
Nobody's clean
Give me redemption
(down on my knees)
Give me redemption
(deliver me)
Wash me in mercy
Drown me in grace
Give me redemption
Right here, face to face
Give me redemption
Confess