# The Tears We Cannot Stop [Verse 1] We learn so young to hide the hurting, To turn our faces from the room, To say we're fine when something in us Is still searching through the gloom. We hold our breath, we change the subject, We find a reason not to talk, But every heart has hidden rivers That one day have to find their course. [Pre-Chorus] There are feelings words can't carry, There are wounds we cannot name, And sometimes tears are simply saying What the heart cannot explain. [Chorus] The tears we cannot stop Are not a sign that we are weak, Sometimes they're the only language For the words we cannot speak. Let them fall when they must fall, Let them tell what lies within, For every tear that leaves our eyes Makes a little room to breathe again. The tears we cannot stop... Sometimes they know what we need. [Verse 2] Some tears are born from losing, Some from loving someone so, Some arrive with old reminders Of a life from long ago. Some come when we're finally happy After years of carrying pain, For even joy can find the doorway Where the tears begin again. [Pre-Chorus] Not every tear is made of sorrow, Not every broken heart stays torn, Sometimes tears can wash the window Where a little hope is born. [Chorus] The tears we cannot stop Are not a sign that we are weak, Sometimes they're the only language For the words we cannot speak. Let them fall when they must fall, There's no shame in letting go, For sometimes healing starts in places Only tears are meant to know. [Bridge] We don't have to understand them, We don't have to ask them why, We don't need to hide our faces Every time they fill our eyes. A tear can hold a lifetime, A goodbye, a first hello, A prayer whispered in the darkness, A love we couldn't let go. And maybe strength is not pretending That nothing ever breaks our heart, Maybe strength is letting sorrow Have its moment in the dark. [Breakdown] So let them come... For those we miss. Let them come... For what has changed. Let them come... For all the love That still remains. [Final Chorus] The tears we cannot stop May be the truest tears we cry, For they carry all the feelings We've been holding deep inside. And when the river finally quiets, When the storm has passed us by, We may find that we are stronger— Not because we didn't cry... But because we let ourselves. [Outro] Some tears are made of sorrow, Some tears are made of love. And some tears simply fall Because words were never enough.
