When I Couldn't See You

WHEN I COULDN’T SEE YOU

INTRO — soft piano, breathy lead

I didn't know how close I came...
I didn't know what You were doing...
I only knew I was scared.

But looking back now...

I can see You.

VERSE 1 — intimate, restrained

There were nights I couldn't see tomorrow
Too much hurt, too much on my mind
I kept smiling like I wasn't breaking
While my whole world was coming undone inside

I had moments I thought I'd never survive
Times I couldn't see a way through
But somehow, when I reached the end of me
There was still enough strength to make it through

I couldn't hear You
I couldn't feel You
I couldn't understand the silence

But now I know...

You were closer than I knew.

PRE-CHORUS — building

When the fear came knocking
When the tears wouldn't stop
When I thought I'd reached the bottom
You wouldn't let me drop

I called it luck
I called it timing
I called it anything but grace...

Now I look back over my life
And I see Your fingerprints everywhere.

CHORUS — HUGE, soaring lead + choir

LEAD:
You were there
When I almost didn't make it
You were there
When my whole world was breaking

CHOIR:
You were there
You were there

LEAD:
When I thought the night would never end
You held me till the morning came again

You made a way
Where there was no way

CHOIR:
You made a way
You made a way

LEAD:
Every breath inside my lungs
Is a testimony of Your love
Every scar reminds me
I was never on my own

ALL:
I should've been gone
But You kept me here
I should've lost everything
But You held me near

LEAD — soaring:
Now I know...

ALL:
YOUR GRACE WAS THERE!

VERSE 2 — warmer, more emotional

I remember holding that little life
With a heart that was trembling with fear
Not knowing what tomorrow would bring
Not knowing if we'd both make it here

Everything felt so fragile
Every second felt like a prayer
But somehow You opened a door
When there wasn't a door anywhere

And what looked impossible
Became another testimony

What felt like the end of the story
Was only another page You were writing.

[PRE-CHORUS 2 — stronger drums and strings]

I've seen You move through the impossible
I've watched You turn mourning into praise
I've seen You take the pieces of a broken heart
And put them back together again

There were times I walked away
Times I forgot how much I needed You

But every road I took...

Somehow led me back to You.

CHORUS — BIGGER

LEAD:
You were there
When I almost didn't make it
You were there
When my whole world was breaking

CHOIR:
You were there!
You were there!

LEAD:
When I thought the night would never end
You held me till the morning came again

You made a way
Where there was no way