Heart Beneath The Stone

[Verse 1] I kept a light above the stairs, But never let it reach downstairs. That's where I put the words I meant, The calls unanswered, letters never sent. I called it strength to feel so little— Now the house is cracking through the middle. [Pre-Chorus] Out of the depths have I cried Unto thee, O Lord. I've spent my life explaining— I can't explain it anymore. [Chorus] There's a heart beneath this stone, There's a beat I can't restart. Put Your hands into the wreckage, Find the place I boarded up. I'm so tired of looking fearless When I'm frightened to the bone. Let Your mercy reach the heart Beneath this stone. [Verse 2] My father's Bible on the shelf Falls open where he marked it himself. And set my feet upon a rock— I read it twice beside the kitchen clock. Then dial a number I still know, And let it ring instead of letting go. [Pre-Chorus] There's someone breathing on the line; For once, I let the silence stay. Then every word I hid downstairs Comes stumbling into day. [Chorus] There's a heart beneath this stone, There's a beat I can't restart. Put Your hands into the wreckage, Find the place I boarded up. I'm so tired of looking fearless When I'm frightened to the bone. Let Your mercy reach the heart Beneath this stone. [Bridge] A new heart also will I give you— I whisper what the pages say. Then sit beside the hurt I caused Without trying to turn away. Let forgiveness take its time; Teach these hands to build this time. [Final Chorus] There's a heart beneath this stone, And I think I feel it start. There's a tremor in the wreckage, There's a door where there were bars. I can stand here without armor; I can answer when You call. Let Your mercy move through me— Let the last stone fall. [Outro] And he hath put a new song in my mouth. I leave the light on. I walk downstairs.