Breaking

[Verse 1] If emotion’s always kept in, It fractures all the best in men, Life gets filled up with the pain, And we just soak it up. We sit down in every puddle, We take in everything we touch, Every drop around us rising Till we’re holding far too much. A sponge has to be wrung out, So the water can run clear, Not thrown back into the puddles Where the same old hurt appears. [Pre-Chorus] One day everyone will break, Maybe crying out in public, And that’s not the best way. [Chorus] Go where the world can’t see, Let the pain out privately, Before you break in front of them, Before it steals who you could be. Not with drinks, not with drugs, They only dull it for a moment, Like a fire in a shuttered room, Waiting for the door to open, To fan the embers into bloom. [Breakdown] Strength alone can’t make a hero, If pain is always met By pushing every feeling down, That strength can twist you into a monster. For the ones who never crack, And there are always some, The ones who never break at all, They’re the ones who turn the cruelest. [Pre-Chorus] Are they feared? Yes. Are they loved? Not at all. And the world is better off When they fall. [Chorus] Go where the world can’t see, Let the pain out privately, Before you break in front of them, Before it steals who you could be. Not with drinks, not with drugs, They only dull it for a moment, Like a fire in a shuttered room, Waiting for the door to open, To fan the embers into bloom. [Verse 3] Turn to God Himself in prayer, He will not condemn despair, Blessed are the ones who mourn, He brings comfort to the worn. Hagar turned to God and wept, For the life her child might lose, Then an angel called from heaven, Promised life and nations too. Hannah, bitter in her soul, Cried to God to make her whole, She poured out her grief and plea, And received Samuel, her son to be. [Instrumental Break] [Verse 4] Jeremiah, known for tears, Cried out through the passing years, “Let my head be waters deep, Eyes a fountain made to weep.” Even David, the mighty king, Weary still with suffering, Every night his tears would fall, Soaking bed and couch and all. Crying low where none could hear, Faced giants in public without fear. [Pre-Chorus] One day everyone will break, Maybe crying out in public, And that’s not the best way. [Final Chorus] Let it out where the world can’t see, Let the pain out privately, Before you break in front of them, Before it steals who you could be. Not with drinks, not with drugs, They only dull it for a moment, Like a fire in a shuttered room, Waiting for the door to open, To fan the embers into bloom. [Verse 5] I pour out my complaint before Him, I show before Him my trouble. Even Christ prayed more earnestly, The deeper He was in agony. [Outro] Heroes feel pain and cry, And bring it all to God in secret, But in the light of day, They stand strong for all.