Heaven Heard

They thought she had been drinking

They didn’t know her pain

They saw her lips were moving

But never heard her say a thing

She couldn’t find the words to tell them

What was breaking underneath

So she stood there pouring out her heart With nothing anyone could

hear

But You were listening

When no one else could understand

Only my lips were moving

But You heard every word

Every prayer I couldn’t speak Every cry that couldn’t be heard

When my voice could not explain it

When my tears were all I had

You knew the prayer inside me

Before I ever asked They may have thought I was silent

They may have thought I was fine

But You could hear the conversation

Happening inside my mind

Only my lips were moving

But Heaven knew my heart

Some days I don’t know how to pray

I just sit there in Your presence

Trying to gather up the pieces

Of a heart I cannot mention

There are things I can’t put into words

There are questions without names

Sometimes all I have is breathing

And the whisper of Your name

And You don’t need an explanation

You already understand

I don’t have to sound convincing I don’t have to pray it

right

I don’t have to make it pretty For You to meet me

in the night If all I have is silence If all I

have is tears If all I can do is move my lips

You are still listening here And when I don’t know what I’m

asking When I don’t know what I need The God who heard

Hannah’s whisper Still hears me

Only my lips were moving

But You heard every word Every prayer I couldn’t speak Every cry

that couldn’t be heard When the world could not understand me When

I couldn’t understand myself

You knew the prayer inside me

And You stayed when no one else They may have thought I

was silent

But Heaven heard my heart They may have seen an empty room

But You knew where I was Only my lips were moving

And still You heard

So if tomorrow I can’t pray The way I prayed before If

all I have is silence I know You hear me more

Only my lips were moving… But You heard.