Closer in the fire

(Verse)

It’s not the way I ever thought I’de feel

But it’s in this pain that I can feel your real

So I’ll stay and burn cause that when your close

I will be crushed because you’re what matters most

(Pre-chorus)

If comfort pulls me far away

Then let is all just fade to the grey

(Chorus)

So keep me in the fire if it keeps me near

Let these flames remind me that you are here

If braking is the price of seeing you

Then break me till my heart is through

It’s in this pain that I win and not lose

I don’t want healing if it means losing you.

So let me burn, let me torn apart

If it means Jesus you’re the one holding my heart.

(Instrumental piano and cellos here)

(Verse 2)

I used to run from every scar I’d feel

Now it’s in these scars that prove you can heal

But I didn’t see the way healing came

All because of the power in your name.

Now every tear falls like a whispered prayer

You meet me in the crushing, you’re always there

(Chorus)

So keep me in this fire if it keeps me near

Let these burning flames remind me that you are here

If breaking is the price of seeing you

Then break me till my heart is through

I don’t want healing if it means losing you

It’s in this pain that I win and not lose.

So let me burn, let me be torn apart

If it means Jesus, you’re holding my heart.

(Acoustic guitar solo here)

(Bridge)

I found you in these ashes

I heard you through my cries

You never walked away, you never said “Goodbye”

So don’t you dare take this pain from me

It’s here I will be

Burning for you

(Soft breakdown with cellos)

Closer in the fire

Closer when I break

Closer in this crushing

In every breath I take

(Powerful chorus build up)

So keep me in this fire if it means keeping me near

Let these burning flames remind me

That you are still here

I don’t want healing if it means losing you

Cause it’s in this pain that I win and not lose

Closer in the fire

Closer when I break

Closer in this crushing

With every breath I take

So let me burn, let me burn, let me burn

let me be torn apart

If it means Jesus, you’re the one holding my heart.

(Music cuts out)

It’s not the way I’d thought love would feel

But it’s in this pain,

Your love is real

(Piano and cello close out the song)