[INTRO] [INSTRUMENTS: LOW-TUNED ACOUSTIC GUITAR STRUMMING WITH MUTED PALM HITS, DISTANT SLIDE GUITAR MOANING - 15 BARS, LIGHT KICK DRUM THUMPING LIKE A HEARTBEAT] [VOCALS: RASPY, WEARY MALE VOCALS — LOW AND RESTRAINED, LIKE SOMEONE SINGING THROUGH EXHAUSTION] I walk with gravel in my boots Dust hanging off my skin I've heard thunder roll through empty rooms Still don't know where I've been I swear I felt Your hand one night Somewhere between the pain But morning pulled me back apart And left me asking again [VERSE 1] [INSTRUMENTS: ACOUSTIC GUITAR GROWS ROUGHER, BRUSHED SNARE ENTERS SOFTLY] [VOCALS: GRITTY AND CONFESSIONAL, BUILDING TENSION] I know there's fire behind the dark I know there's more than bones I know love ain't some accident That leaves us here alone But I got cracks beneath my feet And ghosts inside my head Some days faith feels like a river Some days it feels half dead [CHORUS] [INSTRUMENTS: HARDER STRUMMING, THICK BASS DRONE ENTERS, CYMBALS SWELL] [VOCALS: RASPY AND POWERFUL, PUSHING INTO THE NOTES] I believe You're bigger than the storm Bigger than these shaking hands I believe Your mercy's wide enough To hold a broken man But I still drag these chains around Still fall apart at night I'm reaching with both arms outstretched One full of faith, one full of doubt [VERSE 2] [INSTRUMENTS: PULL BACK TO MOSTLY GUITAR, ADD SUBTLE SLIDE GUITAR CRIES] [VOCALS: SOFTER, MORE VULNERABLE] I've seen hope in tired eyes Seen light break through the rain Seen scars become the proof somehow That healing walks through pain Still I wrestle with the silence Still wonder if You hear Why does trust come easy Sunday Then disappear out here? [CHORUS] [INSTRUMENTS: FULL ACOUSTIC GRUNGE FEEL, STRONGER PERCUSSION, ROUGHER ATTACK ON GUITAR STRINGS] [VOCALS: STRAINED AND EMOTIONAL, ALMOST SHOUTING THE FINAL LINES] I believe You're bigger than the storm Bigger than these shaking hands I believe Your mercy's wide enough To hold a broken man But I still drag these chains around Still fall apart at night I'm reaching with both arms outstretched One full of faith, one full of doubt [BRIDGE] [INSTRUMENTS: DROP TO SINGLE ACOUSTIC GUITAR WITH OCCASIONAL DEAD STRUMS, DRUMS FALL OUT] [VOCALS: RAW, CRACKING, LIKE HOLDING BACK TEARS] Maybe faith was never steady ground Maybe it limps and crawls Maybe it bleeds and asks hard things Maybe it stumbles and falls Maybe You don't turn away from us When we're barely hanging on Maybe You stay in the shattered parts Until the night is gone [INSTRUMENTAL - GUITARS, BENDS AND HARD STRUMMING -14 BARS] [FINAL CHORUS] [INSTRUMENTS: FULL BAND SWELLS BACK IN, HEAVY ACOUSTIC STRUMMING, DRUMS HITTING HARDER, SLIDE GUITAR WAILING] [VOCALS: FULL CHRIS-STAPLETON-STYLE RASP, PASSIONATE AND WIDE OPEN] I believe You're bigger than the storm Bigger than these shaking hands I believe Your mercy's wide enough To hold a broken man And if my faith's a flickering flame Still fighting through the smoke I'll bring You every trembling piece Every doubt I ever spoke [OUTRO] [INSTRUMENTS: STRIPPED BACK TO ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND SLIDE, SLOWING NATURALLY] [VOCALS: QUIET, WORN DOWN, ALMOST WHISPERED] I ain't letting go... Even while I'm learning how...
