Five Small Hands

Lyrics

Verse 1
I been living in a lie
By the ones I called my own
They hid their ugliness from me
So I'd feel less than whole
I wanted the life You gave me
Not the cage they built by hand
But every smile had teeth in it
And I was left to stand

Pre-Chorus
You saw me when they turned away
You held me in the dark
When they tried to write me out
You kept my beating heart

Chorus
God kept me alive
When they tried to break me
God kept me alive
(kept me alive)
Five small hands in mine
That's the proof You save me
God kept me alive
(kept me alive)

Verse 2
Everyone I've tried to love
Turned my trust into a wound
Broke my heart and bruised my name
Left me drowning in the room
Then they made me face my monsters
Like my pain was theirs to spend
Kept the children out of reach
Then fed the same old end

Pre-Chorus
But You saw every hidden tear
Every night I came undone
You were building me a way
When I had nowhere to run

Chorus
God kept me alive
When they tried to break me
God kept me alive
(kept me alive)
Five small hands in mine
That's the proof You save me
God kept me alive
(kept me alive)

Bridge
They tried to erase my name
But You wrote it on my soul
They played the saint for everyone
While they left me cold
Still I rise with my children
Still I breathe, still I stand
What they meant for harm
You turned back into hands

Final Chorus
God kept me alive
When they tried to break me
God kept me alive
(kept me alive)
Five small hands in mine
That's the proof You save me
God kept me alive
(kept me alive)
God kept me alive
(kept me alive)