I Can Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tallandrew1982 

Cover art for I Can lyrics by Skillet

This song is all about what it means to be a christian.

Looking on the sad times, the guilt and all the shame I have learned to submit my existing hurts and pains All the grief I've learned to set aside 'cause I am, I am, I am

This talks about the past and how he feels bad about it and how he learned to confess it to god.

Feeling underooted feeling undermined Can this grace of God cover me this time? When I feel the pain I know Why I feel strange, when I Hear the rooseter crow I am ashamed

He wants to know if God will forgive him for what he did this time. The rooster crow comment is a reference to peter in the bible where jesus tells peter he will deny him three times before the rooster crows.

Jesus on the cross And this cross unpon my back I have learned to submit Then I whine about my lack Sometimes I drop my cross, deserve a little rest That's when I run to You and I nail Your feet and Your wrist

This is when he is into living for God and he gets tempted or he gets tired of it and he deserves a little rest. Then he says he nails jesus on the cross. This is extreme but all of the people who killed jesus turned on him similar to what he is saying he did.

I'm feeling underooted feeling undermined Can this grace of God cover me this time? Do You really love my soul, even after I hated You? Do you really know My name, Can I really come to You? Are You really more faithful Than the changing of the seasons and the morning sun? Do You really know my name, can I really come to You? I can I don't care if the rooster crows I can

The last part of the song says can jesus really forgive me after i did all of this bad stuff to you. And at the end of the song he is saysing gods answer. I can.

This song overall is one of the most powerful song this band has ever written and i really enjoy it throughly.