When We Fall Apart - Ryan Stevenson

You were 43 when you got the news

Life will be changing, nothing we can do

The clock is ticking now, all I can think about

Is knowing I have to move on without you somehow

And I just can’t believe that you’re the one who’s keeping it together

As you hold my hand and say

It’s okay to cry, it’s okay to fall apart

You don’t have to try, to be strong when you are not

And it may take some time to make sense of all your thoughts

But don’t ever fight your tears 'cause there is freedom in every drop

Sometimes the only way to heal a broken heart

Is when we fall apart

You ask me to sing some songs that I wrote

But I can barely speak, can barely play a note

All my tears rush in, falling on my strings

And make the sound of these progressions have a different ring

And I hate to say goodbye, knowing this will be the last time we’re together

As you close your eyes and say

It’s okay to cry, it’s okay to fall apart

You don’t have to try, to be strong when you are not

And it may take some time to make sense of all your thoughts

But don’t ever fight your tears 'cause there is freedom in every drop

Sometimes the only way to heal a broken heart

Is when we fall apart, oh

And you’ve got the gift of mercy, don’t ever think it’s strange

Not a curse, but it is a blessing to feel other people’s pain

And always love without condition and trust with all your heart

There’s healing in the story of your scars

Well, it’s been a while since you’ve been gone

Sometimes I still catch myself trying to call your phone

All the hopes and dreams we used to talk about

They’re still alive in me and I just hope I make you proud

Now I’m your legacy and it’s your love still holding me together

And I still hear you say

It’s okay to cry, it’s okay to fall apart

You don’t have to try, to be strong when you are not

And it may take some time to make sense of all your thoughts

But don’t ever fight your tears 'cause there is freedom in every drop

Sometimes the only way to heal a broken heart

Is when we fall apart (Yeah, yeah, it’s okay to fall)

Sometimes the only way to heal a broken heart

Is when we fall apart