Light Through the Cracks

Light Through the Cracks

Intro

Soft piano, distant guitar shimmer, choir hums underneath

Lead:

I found a little light

Where the wall was breaking.

I heard a quiet voice

When my soul was shaking.

Choir:

Mmm, light is coming.

Mmm, light is coming.

Lead:

There’s glory in the damage,

There’s mercy in the making.

Verse 1

I wore my doubt like a winter coat,

Buttoned tight against the rain.

I smiled so well that nobody saw

The thunder under my name.

I had prayers like paper airplanes,

Folding hope with trembling hands.

Some fell short of the ceiling,

Some flew farther than I planned.

Then grace came in like morning,

Not loud, but clear and kind.

Said, “Child, every shattered window

Can still let heaven shine.”

Pre-Chorus

So I’m done hiding from the daylight,

Done running from the sound.

If love can walk through locked doors,

Then I can be found.

Choir:

She can be found.

She can be found.

Chorus

Let the light through the cracks,

Let it pour, let it pour.

I am not who I was,

I am opening the door.

Every scar has a song,

Every wound has a way.

Let the light through the cracks,

I’m alive today.

Choir:

She’s alive today.

Lead:

I’m alive today.

Verse 2

I met fear in the mirror,

It knew my middle name.

It told me I was finished,

That I’d never outrun shame.

But the Spirit started singing

Like a choir in my chest.

Not a perfect hallelujah,

Just a heart that won’t forget.

I’ve been low as the basement,

I’ve been lost in my head.

But resurrection has a rhythm,

And it woke me from the dead.

Pre-Chorus 2

So I’m done bowing to the shadows,

Done kneeling to regret.

If the stone rolled back for Jesus,

Then I’m not buried yet.

Choir:

She’s not buried yet.

She’s not buried yet.

Chorus

Let the light through the cracks,

Let it pour, let it pour.

I am not who I was,

I am opening the door.

Every scar has a song,

Every wound has a way.

Let the light through the cracks,

I’m alive today.

Choir:

She’s alive today.

Lead:

I’m alive today.

Alt Rock Bridge

Drums open up, guitars swell, lead vocal grows raw

I was breaking,

But I was becoming.

I was aching,

But grace was running.

I was falling,

But hands were reaching.

I was silent,

But heaven kept speaking.

Build me back with holy fire,

Lift my eyes a little higher.

Take my fear and make it praise,

Turn my night into a flame.

Choir:

Higher, higher,

Through the fire.

Higher, higher,

Lift her higher.

Final Chorus

Let the light through the cracks,

Let it pour, let it pour.

I am not who I was,

I am opening the door.

Every scar has a song,

Every wound has a way.

Let the light through the cracks,

I’m alive today.

Repeat / lift:

Let the light through the cracks,

Let it shine, let it shine.

I was held by the dark,

But the dawn is mine.

Every chain had to break,

Every fear had to fade.

Let the light through the cracks,

I’m alive today.

Choir:

She’s alive today.

She’s alive today.

Outro / Gospel Pop Vamp

Piano returns, choir and handclaps carry the ending

Lead:

I’m alive, I’m alive,

By the mercy that found me.

Choir:

Alive, alive,

Mercy all around me.

Lead:

I can breathe, I can sing,

I can stand in the morning.

Choir:

Stand, child, stand,

Joy is returning.

Lead:

There’s glory in the damage,

There’s healing in the ache.

There’s light in every fracture

That the love of God can take.

All:

Let the light through the cracks,

Let it pour, let it pour.

I am not who I was,

I am opening the door.

Lead:

I’m alive today.

Choir:

She’s alive today.

Lead:

I’m alive today.