Jesus Is For Losers

Steve Taylor

If I was driven

Driven ahead by some noble ideal

Who took the wheel?



If I was given

Given a glimpse of some glorious road

When was it sold?



So caught up in the chase

I keep forgetting my place



Just as I am

I am stiff-necked and proud

Jesus is for losers

Why do I still play to the crowd?



Just as I am

Pass the compass, please

Jesus is for losers

I'm off about a hundred degrees



If I was groping

Groping around for some ladder to fame

I am ashamed



If I was hoping

Hoping respect would make a sturdy footstool

I am a fool



Bone-weary every climb

Blindsided every time



Just as I am

I am needy and dry

Jesus is for losers

The self-made need not apply



Just as I am

In a desert crawl

Lord, I'm so thirsty

Take me to the waterfall



And if you're certain

Certain your life is some cosmic mistake

Why do you shake?



And if you're certain

Certain that faith is some know-nothing mask

Why do you still ask?



They don't grade here on the curve

We both know what we deserve



Just as you are

Just a wretch like me

Jesus is for losers

Grace from the blood of a tree



Just as we are

At a total loss

Jesus is for losers

Broken at the foot of the cross



Just as I am

Pass the compass, please

Jesus is for losers

I'm off about a hundred degrees



Just as I am

In a desert crawl

Lord, I'm so thirsty

Take me to the waterfall