[Verse 1] There’s a crack in the blacktop where the hard rain stayed A little green blade pushing up through the gray Spent all winter in the cold dark ground Till the first warm word of spring called it out I’ve been that buried, I’ve been that still Trying to make peace with a broken will Carried old sorrow down a county line But Jesus met me there in the morning light [Pre-Chorus] Maybe peace ain’t thunder in the midnight sky Maybe it comes like a field gone bright Maybe God speaks soft through the dust and pine And tells a tired heart, “Child, you’re Mine” [Chorus] This is mercy, mercy like this When the hurt lets go and the light breaks in When the road turns gold and the soul finds rest Like Jesus laid His hand on my worried chest I don’t need the whole world healed today Just enough blue sky to believe anyway I quit trying to steer what I couldn’t hold And grace got me home down a sunlit road This is mercy Mercy like this [Verse 2] There’s a screen door singing to the afternoon A church bell sleeping under heaven’s blue Somebody laughing where the shadows were Somebody planting hope down in the dirt Fence posts pass like a rosary Counting every mile He carried me I don’t ask heaven for the reasons why I just thank the Lord when the dark rolls by [Pre-Chorus] Maybe joy ain’t fire falling out of the sky Maybe it’s bread and breath and ordinary light Maybe faith is a hand unclenched at last Letting God be God with the road ahead [Chorus] This is mercy, mercy like this When the hurt lets go and the light breaks in When the road turns gold and the soul finds rest Like Jesus laid His hand on my worried chest I don’t need the whole world healed today Just enough blue sky to believe anyway I quit trying to steer what I couldn’t hold And grace got me home down a sunlit road This is mercy Mercy like this [Bridge] I used to think the good days lied Like every blessing had a goodbye So I kept both hands locked on the wheel Afraid to trust what I couldn’t feel But Jesus doesn’t shame the scared He meets us halfway in the prayer So I let go of what I can’t control And the sun came flooding through my soul [Final Chorus] This is mercy, mercy like this When the hurt lets go and the light breaks in When the road turns gold and the soul finds rest Like Jesus laid His hand on my worried chest I don’t need the whole world healed today Just enough blue sky to believe anyway I quit trying to steer what I couldn’t hold And grace got me home down a sunlit road This is mercy, mercy like this A hallelujah in the light on my skin I was not lost, I was not alone The Father knew the road and He brought me home This is mercy Mercy like this [Outro] The sun came back And I was here for it This is mercy Mercy like this bright acoustic riff repeats let final chord ring open and warm
