"Mercy Broke the Numbness"

"Mercy Broke the Numbness"

(Intro - Airy, breathing, very slow tempo 55 BPM, guitars and bass with thunder slowly adding drums)

(Verse 1)

Is there anyone listening now

In the quiet behind my eyes

I’ve been shouting without a sound

Just surviving, half alive

I’ve been walking these empty halls

With a heart that forgot how to feel

Every prayer just hits the walls

Like a wound that won’t quite heal.

(Pre-Chorus)

I hear a voice in the distance

Cutting through the static and fear

It says, “Child, don’t drift away”

“I’ve been standing right here”.

(Chorus)

I was lost in the silence

Drifting far from the light

Caught between fear and denial

In the middle of the night

I didn’t know how deep I’d fallen

I didn’t know how far I’d run

But Your mercy broke the numbness

And my soul started waking up.

(Verse 2)

There was a time I could almost see

Just a glimpse, then it slipped away

Truth passed right in front of me

But I turned my eyes away

Now the weight of the years sets in

All the battles inside my head

I learned how to wear a smile

While my faith was hanging by a thread.

(Pre-Chorus 2)

I felt Your hand in the darkness

Even when I couldn’t respond

Your voice cut through the numbness

Saying, “You were Mine all along”.

(Chorus)

I was lost in the silence

Drifting far from the light

Caught between fear and denial

In the middle of the night

I didn’t know how deep I’d fallen

I didn’t know how far I’d run

But Your mercy broke the numbness

And my soul started waking up

(Bridge very slow build – extra long dual guitar style solo after)

I don’t need another mask

I don’t need another lie

I don’t need something to numb the pain

I need truth to bring me back to life.

(Final Chorus / Outro)

I’m no longer in the silence

I’m no longer paralyzed

You spoke my name in the darkness

And opened up my eyes

What was dead is finally breathing

What was lost has been found

I was drifting in the numbness

Till Your grace pulled me out