Closer Than My Tears

Closer Than My Tears

The morning finds me wide awake,

With questions I can’t hide.

A thousand thoughts are pulling me,

Like waves against the tide.

I wear a borrowed smile,

While my heart cries out inside.

Before a single word is spoken,

You’re already by my side.

When my faith is barely breathing,

Your promises still stand.

When my world is falling to pieces,

You gently hold my hand.

Closer than my tears,

Closer than my fears,

Jesus, You are nearer

Than the silence that I hear.

When the ground beneath me shakes,

Your love will never move.

You are my refuge in the storm,

My strength to make it through.

Every promise still remains,

Every mercy still is new.

Closer than my tears…

I’m held together by You.

You count every hidden sorrow,

You know each sleepless night.

You gather every broken prayer

And breathe them back with life.

Even in the waiting,

Your goodness is revealed.

The places that were shattered

Become the places You can heal.

When my faith is barely breathing,

Your promises still stand.

When my world is falling to pieces,

You gently hold my hand.

Closer than my tears,

Closer than my fears,

Jesus, You are nearer

Than the silence that I hear.

When the ground beneath me shakes,

Your love will never move.

You are my refuge in the storm,

My strength to make it through.

Every promise still remains,

Every mercy still is new.

Closer than my tears…

I’m held together by You.

You walked where sorrow walked.

You carried every pain.

The scars upon Your hands declare

That love has conquered shame.

The stone was rolled away.

Death could not hold You there.

Now every chain is broken,

Because You conquered fear.

The cross has made a way for hope.

The empty grave still speaks.

The God who conquered death itself

Is living now in me.

Final Chorus

Closer than my tears,

Closer than my fears,

Jesus, You are nearer

Than the silence that I hear.

When the ground beneath me shakes,

Your love will never move.

You are my refuge in the storm,

My strength to make it through.

Every promise still remains,

Every mercy still is new.

Closer than my tears,

Closer than my heartbeat.

Jesus, You are here.

Forever You are near.n