This week’s featured song story comes to us from Francesca Battistelli. We’re excited to share with you the story behind her song “Defender (feat. Steffany Gretzinger).”
“I remember the first time I heard ‘Defender’ I was driving down the road and my girl Rita Springer was belting out this new album in my car. I had to stop and literally go, ‘what is this song?’ It was so powerful. And I probably listened to it like ten times that day in a row. And I thought man I would love to put my spin on that song and to be part of it so we started doing it live and it was just my favorite moment of the night. The song is so anointed the way it connects with people; it’s so beautiful. And so putting it on this album was a dream come true for me.” – Francesca Battistelli
Click on the video below to hear Francesca Battistelli share the story. Scroll down to listen and read the full lyrics of the song.
From the album Own It.
“Defender” Lyrics
You go before I know
That You’ve even gone to win my war
You come back with the head of my enemy
You come back and You call it my victory, oh
You go before I know
That You’ve even gone to win my war
Your love becomes my greatest defense
It leads me from the dry wilderness
And all I did was praise
All I did was worship
All I did was bow down, oh
All I did was stay still
Hallelujah, You have saved me
So much better Your way
Hallelujah, great Defender
So much better Your way
You know before I do
Where my heart can seek to find Your truth
Your mercy is the shade I’m living in
And You restore my faith and hope again
And all I did was praise, oh
All I did was worship
All I did was bow down, oh
All I did was stay still, stay still
Hallelujah, You have saved me
So much better Your way
Hallelujah, great Defender
So much better Your way
When I thought I lost me
You knew where I left me
You reintroduced me to Your love
You picked up all my pieces
Put me back together
You are the defender of my heart
When I thought I lost me
You knew where I left me
You reintroduced me to Your love
You picked up all my pieces
Put me back together
You are the defender of my heart
When I thought I lost me
You knew where I left me
You reintroduced me to Your love
You picked up all my pieces
Put me back together
You are the defender of my heart
Hallelujah, You have saved me
So much better this way
Hallelujah, great Defender
So much better Your way
So much better Your way
I know it’s so much better
So much better Your way
I know it, I know it
And all I did was praise
All I need to do is worship
Lord, I will just bow down
I’m just gonna stay still
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