[Verse 1] Ten years old with a whole life planned, Wanted to heal with a doctor’s hands, Then sickness came and the future changed, A hospital room became his days. They brought him cards from miles away, Toys and gifts to brighten the gray, But when the pain grew hard to bear, Something deeper met him there. [Pre-Chorus] Some things suffering takes away, Some things suffering makes you face. [Chorus] There was a Bible under his pillow, Close enough to reach when the night grew long, When everything else he could hold was fading, He held to the One who was holding on. No promise that the pain would leave him, No promise death would pass him by, Just Jesus waiting beyond the sorrow, And a Bible under his pillow every night. [Verse 2] Gold for Heaven, black for sin, Red for the blood that welcomed him in, White for mercy, washed and clean, A simple truth became everything. He’d heard the story, he knew the way, He knew why Jesus came to save, And in a room where hope looked thin, He found a stronger hope in Him. [Chorus] There was a Bible under his pillow, Close enough to reach when the night grew long, When everything else he could hold was fading, He held to the One who was holding on. No promise that the pain would leave him, No promise death would pass him by, Just Jesus waiting beyond the sorrow, And a Bible under his pillow every night. [Verse 3] A little girl sent the Bible she loved, He reached through the pain and lifted it up, Said, “This one stays right here with me,” Then placed it where his head would be. A few weeks later the struggle was through, He left this world for something new, And what looked like the end from where we stand Was just the threshold to another land. [Bridge] We spend our lives on things that fade, On what we own and what we’ve made, But when every earthly thing is gone, Only one question carries on: When you have nothing left to hold, Who is holding your soul? [Final Chorus] There was a Bible under his pillow, But there was a Savior inside his heart, And when this world could give him nothing, He already knew where forever starts. No more sorrow, no more suffering, No more nights of asking why, He crossed the threshold into Heaven, And woke where children never die. [Outro] No more pain. No more night. Only Jesus. Only life.
