You can get bitter from the flames, you can get hurt You can get worn out and lost 'cause you got burned But when you the see the hand of God reaching through the fire He can raise you from the ashes and make you new again Forge me in the flames, bend my desires I yield my will, refine me in the fire Whatever it takes to take me higher You've never forsaken me You stayed through the heat You're a friend in the fire I've lived and I've lost the ones I've loved I've looked to the sky and asked God "Why was my faith not enough?" But then I saw the hand of God reaching through the fire He pulled me from the ashes and made me new again Forge me in the flames, bend my desires I yield my will, refine me in the fire Whatever it takes to take me higher You've never forsaken me You stayed through the heat You're a friend in the fire Everything I loved, the thief tried to take away But when I ran into the cross, it changed everything Now I know I serve the God Who is for me Forge me in the flames, bend my desires I yield my will, refine me in the fire Whatever it takes to take me higher Oh, oh Forge me in the flames, bend my desires I yield my will, refine me in the fire Whatever it takes to take me higher Oh, you've never forsaken me You stayed through the heat You're a friend in the fire Friend in the fire