The Light Through The Cracks

The Light Through the Cracks Verse 1 The child who lost a brother Still carries him somehow, In the silence of the winter And the lines upon her brow. When the mother looked at her daughter, And said “I wish it had been you", that sentence stayed to haunt her, Cold and sharp and true. Verse 2 Then Her father died at sixty, Too soon, his years undone, She stayed to tend her mother, Day after day, alone. No kindness for her keeping, No gratitude, no love, Just silence at the table, And empty rooms above. Chorus Sing out with the voice that's left you, Let the perfect plan unwind. Some broken hearts are open, And the light will find its way inside. Not in strength and not in glory, Not in victories we defend, But in those who keep on loving When the story should have ended. Verse 3 Some seek refuge in the bottle, Some wander through the rain, Trying to make a bargain With a house built out of pain. And some are called to nurture A fragile borrowed flame, Giving all the love they carry Without asking love the same. Chorus Sing out with the voice that's left you, Let the perfect plan unwind. Some broken hearts are open, And the light will find its way inside. Not in strength and not in glory, Not in victories we defend, But in those who keep on loving When the story should have ended. Bridge Then, a trusted hand betrayed her, Her innocence was torn, And a darkness crossed the threshold Like a storm before the dawn. Her mind became a battlefield, The spirit lost its way, Yet somewhere underneath the ruins A small voice chose to stay. Verse 4 It said: Be gentle with the broken, Be patient with the blind, For every soul is carrying A burden of some kind. Be careful with your judgment, Be generous with your bread, For peace is not a monument, It’s a path we make instead. Final Chorus Sing out with the voice that's left you, Let the perfect be undone. Even broken things let light through, That is where the healing comes. The world broke you open, Again and yet again, But the light came through the fractures, And the love remained. Outro Like a seed beneath the winter, Like a river to the sea, The light moves through the broken places Of you and me. The light moves through the broken places Of you and me.