Behind The Song: Cory Asbury Shares The Heart Behind His Song “The Father’s House”

This week’s featured song story comes to us from Cory Asbury. We’re excited to share with you the story behind his song “The Father’s House.”

“The song was actually born probably two and a half maybe three years before it was fully written. It was in the middle of a tour I was on and my soul was just tired. I was weary, feeling broken, jacked-up, weak, messed up…all the things that we feel as humans. I just sat down at the piano and a lot of times for me music is therapy. It’s the time where I just pour out my heart before the Lord. And all of a sudden this one phrase came out ‘You never wanted perfect, You just wanted my heart.’ I realized in that moment that it wasn’t about me having it all together even in the midst of weakness and brokenness, it was just about offering my heart in that space.” – Cory Asbury

Click on the video below to hear Cory share the story. Scroll down to listen and read the full lyrics of the song.

“The Father’s House” – Single.

“The Father’s House” Lyrics

V1
Sometimes on this journey
I get lost in my mistakes
What looks to me like weakness
Is a canvas for your strength
And my story isn’t over
My story’s just begun
And failure won’t define me
‘Cause that’s what my Father does
Yeah, failure won’t define me
‘Cause that’s what my Father does

CH
Ooh, lay your burdens down
Ooh, here in the Father’s house
Check your shame at the door
‘Cause it ain’t welcome anymore
Ooh, you’re in the Father’s house

V2
Arrival’s not the end game
The journey’s where you are
You never wanted perfect
You just wanted my heart
And the story isn’t over
If the story isn’t good
Failure’s never final
When the Father’s in the room
Failure’s never final
When the Father’s in the room

BR
Prodigals come home
The helpless find hope
Love is on the move
When the Father’s in the room
Prison doors fling wide
The dead come to life
Love is on the move
When the Father’s in the room
Miracles take place
The cynical find faith
Love is breaking through
When the Father’s in the room

The Jericho walls are quaking
Strongholds now are shaking
Love is breaking through
When the Father’s in the room
love is breaking through
When the Father’s in the room