When it hurts
And the night won’t let you sleep
When the silence feels too heavy
And your soul is tired and weak
When the prayers come out in whispers
Barely holding onto hope
And you wonder if the heavens
Still remember you below
When it hurts
And the tears keep falling down
When the weight upon your shoulders
Feels too great to turn around
There’s a hand still reaching for you
Even when you cannot see
Grace is working in the darkness
More than you could yet believe
Pre-Chorus
Because roots grow deep underground
Before the harvest rises up
And faith is often being formed
When life feels hard and rough
Chorus
What God is doing in the dark
Is building light inside your heart
Teaching weary souls to trust
When all they have is Him enough
Every hidden tear you cry
Every broken why, God why
Is watering a future bloom
You cannot see inside this room
So hold on through the ache and scars
God still works inside the dark
Verse 2
When it hurts
And the answers never come
When your spirit feels abandoned
And your strength feels almost done
Maybe Heaven’s not ignoring
Maybe Heaven’s planting seeds
Things that only grow in valleys
Where we learn what grace can mean
When it hurts
And your heart feels torn apart
God is often doing surgery
Deep inside the hidden parts
Breaking chains you never noticed
Healing wounds you learned to hide
Sometimes mercy looks like silence
While He’s rebuilding you inside
Pre-Chorus
Because diamonds form beneath the weight
And mountains rise through fire and time
The deepest kind of healing
Usually happens out of sight
Chorus
What God is doing in the dark
Is shaping who you truly are
Holding you when you can’t stand
Carrying you with wounded hands
Every unanswered prayer tonight
Every battle, every fight
May become the testimony
That helps another soul believe
So don’t think He’s gone too far
God still moves inside the dark
Bridge
The tomb was dark before the stone was rolled away
The dawn still came after the longest waiting day
And resurrection often starts
In hidden places of the heart
So if you’re barely hanging on
You are not alone
Final Chorus
What God is doing in the dark
May not make sense where you are
But someday you will turn around
And see His fingerprints somehow
In every valley, every flame
Every moment you thought changed
Nothing was wasted in the night
He was teaching you to find
A deeper hope, a stronger heart
While He worked inside the dark
Outro
When it hurts
He stays near
Even there
Especially there