Verse 1:
G
I've been taught how to talk to You
C
Hold it together
C
Make the bad look better
C
Say all the words that I'm supposed to
G
Bow my head, say, "Amen"
G
Yeah, that'll do
C
Making every dead-end look like heaven
C
Like being okay is the way to reach You
Pre-Chorus 1:
D Em
But you're not afraid of all the things I feel
D C
So why am I afraid of being real?
Chorus 1:
G
You want my tears, every messy word
Am C
Every scar and every fear
C
You want all I have
C
With no holding back
Em D
When I'm hurt, at my worst
C
You meet me there
C
'Cause You see the beauty
G
In my broken prayers!
Am C
In my broken prayers!
Verse 2:
G
You don't care if it ain't poetry
C
'Cause all of my edges
C
They're a little rough
C
But that's all I got to bring
Pre-Chorus 2:
D Em
'Cause You're not afraid of all the things I feel
D C
Don't have to hide the scars that still aren't healed
Chorus 1:
G
You want my tears, every messy word
Am C
Every scar and every fear
C
You want all I have
C
With no holding back
Em D
When I'm hurt, at my worst
C
You meet me there
C
'Cause You see the beauty
G
In my broken prayers!
Am C
In my broken prayers!
Bridge:
G
Mascara running down my face
G
Desperate cry in a dark place
C
You take me that way
C
All of me
Chorus 2:
G
You want my tears, every messy word
Am C
Every scar and every fear
C
You want all I have
C
With no holding back
Em D
When I'm hurt, at my worst
C
You meet me there
C
'Cause You see the beauty
G
In my broken prayers!
Am C
In my broken prayers!
G
In my broken prayers!
Am C
In my broken prayers!
Outro:
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My broken prayers
