## [Hook] When the silence gets too loud And you're lost inside the crowd Of your own wondering mind There's a grace you're gonna find ## [Verse 1] Three AM and I'm awake again, staring at the ceiling Wondering if there's anyone up there who shares this feeling Of being small and lost and questioning everything I've known The faith that used to comfort me has packed its bags and flown Fingerpicked guitar like teardrops on the wooden floor Each note a prayer I'm not sure I believe in anymore But somewhere in the darkness, there's a whisper soft and low Says everyone who's ever lived has walked this road of woe ## [Chorus] We're all just walking in the valley Of our sacred doubt and fear Looking for a light to rally 'Round when hope won't come near But in the sharing of our struggle In the telling of our pain We find that we're not alone in the trouble And grace falls like rain Hold on, hold on to hope Even when you can't see how to cope Hold on, hold on tonight Morning always follows the darkest night ## [Verse 2] Used to think that faith meant never having any questions Now I think it might mean questioning with pure intentions The Sunday morning certainty that carried me before Feels hollow as an empty church with double-locked doors James Taylor's gentle wisdom echoes in my troubled heart Sometimes the falling apart is where the healing starts And every soul who's ever breathed has faced this hour alone When everything you thought was rock turns out to be stone ## [Chorus] We're all just walking in the valley Of our sacred doubt and fear Looking for a light to rally 'Round when hope won't come near But in the sharing of our struggle In the telling of our pain We find that we're not alone in the trouble And grace falls like rain Hold on, hold on to hope Even when you can't see how to cope Hold on, hold on tonight Morning always follows the darkest night ## [Verse 3] Joni's voice reminds me that the river's always changing But it still flows to the ocean, still needs rearranging Maybe my faith isn't dying, maybe it's just growing Into something deeper than the shallow seeds I'd been sowing The questions that torment me might be gifts in disguise Leading me to wisdom that I couldn't recognize When everything seemed simple and the answers came too fast The struggle makes me stronger, makes the peace more vast ## [Bridge] (Building with layered vocals and gentle strings) In the monastery of midnight Where the monks are made of fear There's a chapel full of seekers Who have wandered, landed here (Harmonies building) "Are you there?" we whisper "Do you care?" we cry But maybe the asking is the answer Maybe the reaching is the sky (Full crescendo) WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THIS CATHEDRAL OF UNCERTAINTY AND PRAYER EVERY SAINT WAS ONCE A SINNER EVERY SINNER FINDS GRACE THERE ## [Verse 4] Met a stranger at the coffee shop who had that distant look Said she'd been reading everything, every holy book Trying to make sense of why her mother had to die I told her 'bout my sleepless nights, she started to cry Not from sadness but relief to know that someone else Had stood before the altar of their crumbling beliefs We sat there sharing sacred doubt like communion wine Her struggle blessed my struggle, and my darkness blessed her mind ## [Chorus] We're all just walking in the valley Of our sacred doubt and fear Looking for a light to rally 'Round when hope won't come near But in the sharing of our struggle In the telling of our pain We find that we're not alone in the trouble And grace falls like rain Hold on, hold on to hope Even when you can't see how to cope Hold on, hold on tonight Morning always follows the darkest night ## [Verse 5] Now when the questions come like thunder in my weary soul I remember that the breaking is what makes us whole The faith I'm building now is stronger than the one I lost Because it's been through winter and it knows the cost Of staying true when truth feels like a foreign land Of holding on when holding on takes all the strength you've planned The solidarity of strugglers is a holy thing In the chorus of our crying, I can hear the angels sing ## [Final Hook] When the silence gets too loud And you're lost inside the crowd Of your own wondering mind There's a grace you're gonna find (In the sacred doubt) There's a grace you're gonna find (In the sacred doubt) Hope lives in the questioning mind ## [Outro] (Fading with gentle fingerpicking) Hold on, hold on to hope... Even in the sacred doubt... Morning comes... morning comes... Grace falls like rain...
