Heaven Hears(the Broken)
Written by Rob Smith
© Rob Smith, 2025.
All Rights Reserved.
BMI Work #:78954292
VERSE 1
The bells cut through at half past four,
She leans her weight into that heavy oak door.
Dust in the air like it’s learned how to stay,
In a room where the light don’t know how to pray.
Candle wax melting into stone and thread,
Like something half-believed still living instead.
The stained glass fractures the floor into flame,
And she mouths every silence she can’t quite name.
PRE-CHORUS
The rafters don’t move, but they listen like they do,
Like every broken breath is something they once knew…
And still she whispers, “I’m not alone.”
CHORUS
‘Cause Heaven hears the broken,
The prayers too tired to stay spoken.
When the night stretches out like it forgot your name,
And even your heartbeat feels the same.
It’s not in the thunder, it’s not in the fire,
It’s in the breath that refuses to expire.
When nothing makes sense and nothing feels right,
There’s a quiet that finds you in the middle of the night.
Heaven hears…
Yeah, Heaven hears.
VERSE 2
These pews have memorized the weight of bent knees,
And the shape of goodbye in the dust of the seams.
She’s carried a life that never said please,
Just “hold what you can and don’t let it leave.”
He left her with silence and a half-closed door,
A borrowed kind of love that doesn’t love anymore.
Now she hums through the gaps where the voices once were,
Like sound is the only proof that something occurred.
PRE-CHORUS
And Sunday still comes like it doesn’t know why,
Like it’s watching her wait for a different reply…
She still believes—just not loudly enough.
CHORUS
‘Cause Heaven hears the broken,
The prayers too tired to stay spoken.
When the night stretches out like it forgot your name,
And even your heartbeat feels the same.
It’s not in the thunder, it’s not in the fire,
It’s in the breath that refuses to expire.
When nothing makes sense and nothing feels right,
There’s a quiet that finds you in the middle of the night.
Heaven hears…
Yeah, Heaven hears.
BRIDGE
The stars don’t choose who gets to survive,
They just keep burning to prove they’re alive.
You don’t have to rise, you don’t have to break,
The sky keeps record of every mistake.
Even the silence is carrying sound,
Even the lost are learning they’re found.
FINAL CHORUS
‘Cause Heaven hears the broken,
Even when the hope has stopped showing.
When the night feels endless and hollow and wide,
And you’ve run out of reasons to fight.
It’s not in the thunder, it’s not in the flame,
It’s in the breath that still says your name.
And right when you think you’ve been left alone,
There’s a quiet that carries you home.
Heaven hears…
Yeah, Heaven hears.
OUTRO
In the wind through the trees…
In the space between your knees…
In the breath you didn’t think would stay…
Heaven hears.
Heaven hears.
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