Singer-Songwriter from New Hampshire
I'm a singer-songwriter from New Hampshire. My desire is to write songs about real life and tell stories. I hope above all else that God is seen and glorified by my simple expressions of music and the opening of my heart.
Story behind the song
The idea for this song came after a conversation I had with one of my friends. During the conversation he mentioned that his dad was dying. Like any somewhat caring person, I asked, " where you close?" and he explained a little of the circumstances. For days after that conversation, I couldn't get the thought of how hard it must be to forgive in that situation though we're called to do just that. My hope for this song would be to encourage anyone who hears it to really seek God's help to forgive those deepest hurts that we have had and if you've wronged someone to seek forgiveness. For it is in our ability to be weak and broken that we will find God's strength made perfect in us.
Lyrics
Break Me
By Lonnie Crampsey
I can still see the pain in his eyes
Just a longing for the dad he never knew
“He went shortly after I turned 5
And left my Mom and me alone, so alone”
“What could he offer after so much time
And I’m not really sure I want to let him in
These walls might be just too steep to climb
Why did he dig up these old bones, I thought were gone”
Pre chorus 1
“But in that slightest time our lives did cross, you were never really there
And now this anger has been stored for so long? Why should I even care? You never cared”
(Chorus) Oh God can you break this heart of stone
So that I can live again
Oh God, This resentments all I’ve known
Help me to forgive this man
So I can live again, Break me, Break me
“We met with my heart strung on my sleeve
All the memories flow like it was yesterday
30 years of these questions haunting me
Did I cause my dad to go? Why did he go?”
Pre chorus 2
“And I can’t believe that we’re sitting here
There’s so much healing work to do
And as we talk and cry a peace comes flooding in
And I finally know, My dad is home (chorus)
Oh God can you break this heart of stone
So that I can live again
Oh God, This resentments all I’ve known
Help me to forgive this man
Bridge
How many times, should I forgive the wrong that's been done
How Many times should I forgive him
70 times, 70 times, 70 times, 7
