Sunday Morning Heartbreak

[Verse 1]
Met her on a back pew
August dust on our Sunday shoes
She laughed at the way I sang off-key
Said, “Boy, that’s still a hymn to me”
We carved promise rings in pine
Talked kids, talk forever time
Thought a little house and a porch swing
Was all that Heaven’d ever need to bring
[Chorus]
I found love, I lost love
Cried out, “Jesus, is this what it’s made of?”
All these prayers in the dark of my truck
All this hurt and this stubborn hope stuck
You give and You take, I don’t understand
But You’re holdin’ my heart in Your nail-scarred hands
If this ain’t the end of the story above
Then You’re gonna turn this heartbreak
Back into true love
[Verse 2]
Her note on the counter said
“I’m sorry, but my heart’s somewhere else”
Coffee cold, my knees hit the floor
Talked to God like I never had before
“I did every little thing right
Said grace, held her close at night
If this is Your road, it’s rough and steep
Why’d You put a promise where I couldn’t keep?”
[Chorus]
I found love, I lost love
Cried out, “Jesus, is this what it’s made of?”
All these prayers in the dark of my truck
All this hurt and this stubborn hope stuck
You give and You take, I don’t understand
But You’re holdin’ my heart in Your nail-scarred hands
If this ain’t the end of the story above
Then You’re gonna turn this heartbreak
Back into true love
[Bridge]
One day on some quiet pew
I’ll look left and it won’t be you
But I’ll feel a peace sit down beside me (oh)
Hear a still small voice inside me
Saying, “Son, I was there in the loss
I was there when you cursed the cross
Every tear that you thought fell in vain
I was planting somethin’ deep in your name”
[Chorus]
I found love, I lost love
Cried out, “Jesus, look what my heart’s made of”
All these scars that I wear like rust
Turnin’ into somethin’ You can trust
You give and You take, now I understand
You were holdin’ my heart in Your nail-scarred hands
This ain’t the end of the story above
You’re gonna turn this heartbreak
Yeah, You’re gonna turn this heartbreak
Right into true love (oh, true love)

country, Warm modern country ballad with male vocals; gentle strummed acoustic and soft piano under a storytelling verse, brushed snare and subtle pedal steel easing in. Big, harmony-lifted chorus with roomy drums and a singalong hook, then a stripped-down bridge that leans on vocal grit before one last full-band, arms-around-shoulders chorus.