[Verse 1] I felt it in the doorway Right where I stood ashamed A hand I couldn’t see Calling me by name My fingers started shaking My breath got thin and small And tears rose up unasked for Like rain against the wall [Pre-Chorus] I turned my face away But still it found my eyes So gentle on my ruin So patient with my lies [Chorus] I don’t know how to take it I don’t know how to stay But I’m trying I’m trying anyway I don’t know how to hold it This love that won’t let go But I’m trying Oh, I’m trying slow [Verse 2] It met me in the broken The place I hid the worst With all my old defenses Already coming loose My heart began to open Against its iron frame And every tired failure Turned soft inside the flame [Pre-Chorus] I thought I’d be condemned For all I am and was But mercy came beside me And touched me just because [Chorus] I don’t know how to take it I don’t know how to stay But I’m trying I’m trying anyway I don’t know how to hold it This love that won’t let go But I’m trying Oh, I’m trying slow [Bridge] So if this is the breaking Then let me break in light I am not being cast out I am being made alright Not punished, not forgotten Just opened from within Cracked open, yes But held in holy hands again [Chorus] I don’t know how to take it I don’t know how to stay But I’m trying I’m trying anyway I don’t know how to hold it This love that won’t let go But I’m trying Oh, I’m trying slow
