we used to hide from the light
we made friends with the night
we were headed the wrong way on a one way track
going nowhere fast
we got used to the dark
thought this is who we are
and we figured that we were just too far gone
but we were wrong
cause love came runnin' like a river
and we got washed in the water
then he said you're forgiven
your sins are gone
that was then, this is now
your bought by the blood,
saved by the son the saints all sing about
that was lost, this is found
it's time to say goodbye to the old you now
so go ahead and put the past in the past
box it up like an old photograph
you don't have to go back
cause that was then and this is now
we've been remade by grace
we've all got new names
nothing we do could ever change
what he did that day
when love came runnin' like a river
and we got washed in the water
then he said you're forgiven
and you belong
that was then this is now
your bought by the blood,
saved by the son the saints all sing about
that was lost, this is found
it's time to say goodbye to the old you now
so go ahead and put the past in the past
box it up like an old photograph
you don't have to go back
cause that was then

if we turn and confess every unrighteousness

he is faithful and just to forgive
oh, so turn and confess every wrong and regret
and see what it means to live
that was then this is now
your bought by the blood,
saved by the son the saints all sing about
that was lost, this is found
it's time to say goodbye to the old you now
so go ahead and put the past in the past
box it up like an old photograph
you don't have to go back
cause that was then and this is now
cause that was then and this is now