There's a Colorado mountain That starts a mile high Where snowy peaks outlast the summer sun There's an Arizona canyon Thats deeper than its wide All because a river chose to run Some call it a wonder Others say its a mystery But they don't know what mercy did for me CHORUS: It took a heart that was torn from within Healed the scars And made me feel like a child once again It saw the hurt, felt the pain, knew the cost, Took the blame just to say The debt was paid and I was free So it sure seems like to me That mercy has to be The first greatest wonder of the world Now a wiser man could reason How the stars are held in place And why this world of ours keeps spinnin' round Yet we find ourselves believing In the things we can't explain But isn't that what faith is all about You see, I know from experience That common sense says it can't be so But I have seen how far His love will go CHORUS Let the nations build their monuments Let the whole world stand back in amazement But they cant see how mercy has changed me