[Verse 1] I wrote for the one in the mirror Who couldn’t see beautiful anymore For the one who needed somebody Who disappeared when life got hard I wrote down things I couldn’t say And scars I couldn’t hide Never thought a stranger’s heart Would recognize mine [Pre-Chorus] Then somebody said, “That was me… How’d you know what I couldn’t speak?” [Chorus] I didn’t mean to make you cry I was only telling you the truth I wrote my hurt down on a page And somehow it belonged to you I thought I was writing my story Till you found yours between the lines I didn’t know a song could find you there I didn’t mean to make you cry [Verse 2] I wrote about laying everything down Till nothing stood between The man I tell the world I am And the man my Savior sees I wondered if He’d know me By the way I lived my life Then wrote about the Shepherd Who came looking in the night [Pre-Chorus] I thought I was writing what I believed Then you said, “That song was written for me” [Chorus] I didn’t mean to make you cry I was only telling you the truth I wrote my questions on a page And somehow they belonged to you I thought I was writing my story Till you found yours between the lines I didn’t know a song could find you there I didn’t mean to make you cry [Bridge] I’ve written loss I’ve written shame I’ve written scars that keep their names I’ve written faith When faith was hard Forgiving people who left their mark I’ve written nights I’ve written grace I’ve written tears I couldn’t explain And every time I thought they were mine Somebody said… “That’s my life.” [Final Chorus] I didn’t mean to make you cry I was only telling you the truth Turns out all our broken places Aren’t as different as we thought they were I gave my pain a melody You gave those words another life I wrote my story… But you heard yours I didn’t mean to make you cry [Outro] Those tears were yours before my song I just gave them somewhere safe to fall But if these words found where you hurt And said what I could never know Then I can’t take the credit For where these songs have gone I may have held the pen… But God knew who needed every song So if you found yourself in mine And something touched your heart To God be all the glory… I only played my part.
