Sorrow and Joy

Verse 1

I grew up learning how to hold

what broke me and what made me whole.

The laughter and the heartache came

like neighbors sharing the same name.

Some nights I cried for what I lost,

some days I sang for what I found—

but somehow both were part of me,

two echoes in the same sound.

Chorus

Sorrow and joy, hand in hand,

teaching me who I really am.

One pulls me under, one lifts me high,

one makes me tremble, one helps me fly.

They take turns shaping my voice—

I’m made of sorrow,

and I’m made of joy.

Verse 2

I’ve loved enough to break my heart,

I’ve hurt enough to fall apart.

But every dawn that followed pain

brought sunlight to the windowpane.

The moments that I thought would end me

opened doors I couldn’t see—

every tear that stained my pillow

watered strength inside of me.

Chorus

Sorrow and joy, hand in hand,

teaching me how to rise again.

One steals my breath, one helps me breathe,

one leaves me empty, one helps me leave

the things I never could let go—

I’m shaped by sorrow,

and warmed by joy.

Bridge

You can’t choose just the easy road,

you can’t bloom without the rain.

A heart learns what it’s made of

when it’s healing from the pain.

And joy feels so much brighter

when you’ve lived through darker days—

two halves of the same truth

spoken in different ways.

Final Chorus

Sorrow and joy, side by side,

walking with me through this life.

One breaks me open, one makes me whole,

one scars my body, one saves my soul.

I carry both, not to destroy—

but because I’m human…

made of sorrow

and made of joy.

Outro

And somewhere in between the two,

I find the truest part of me.