[hyper-modern production with clear vocals, no autotune, Dolby Atmos mix, high-fidelity, high-definition audio and wide stereo] [Verse 1] Doctor’s words Felt like thunder All these charts I can’t decipher Hands are shaking Faith feels thin “Is this mercy?” I ask again [Chorus] Suffering well When I don’t understand Holding Your heart More than holding my plans Even in the ache You are working all things Teach me to trust Teach me to sing This is what it means To suffer well [Verse 1] Bills on the counter Doctor on the phone News hits the floor like a hammer And I drive home alone I’ve prayed these same words Till they’re paper thin You’re the God who can do anything Feels like You left me in it my feelings are not the Truth The Truth is You. [Chorus] If this is what it means Suffering well Trusting there’s a story that I can’t tell Holding to Your hand when I can’t stand Breathing out “You’re good” when I don’t understand If this is what it means Suffering well Teach my trembling heart and hands [Verse 2] Friends bring their answers Coffee and concern Some days Your silence is louder Than every Bible verse I’ve tried to learn But there in the waiting A quiet mercy grows Not in the fixing of my problems But in knowing I’m not alone [Chorus] [Bridge] You’re not wasting any tear on my pillow You’re not absent in the ache that I feel You are working in the dark In the shadow that needs Your Light to reveal what needs to be redefined Till what I can’t see yet becomes my shield So when I’m breaking Breaking [whispered vocals] I’ll still say: Learn to suffer well [Chorus] [Verse 2] At times sorrows like bills line up On the table Friends move on I feel unable Sunday songs Catch a scratch in my throat Still I whisper Every note [outro] You don’t waste a tear I cry You don’t miss a sleepless night You are not a step behind me You are here inside the fire Pulling every shattered piece Closer to a deeper peace I can’t see the story yet But I can lean I can Suffer well
