any other way.

don't say goodbye, 
don't say hello.
we're just standing on the surface.
don't say alright, 
don't say i know.
I promise it's not worth it.

I want to know who you are,
even if you're falling apart.
reach in and touch your scars
and all the shame you've kept in your heart.

‘cause it's not enough,
it's not enough 
just to say that we're okay.
I need your hurt, 
I need your pain.
it's not love any other way.

let's not pretend.
stop your parade.
trying to convince me
that you're alright 
and everything's okay.
do you even know Me?

‘cause I already know who you are
and all the things that kept us apart.
so reach in and touch my scars
and know the price I paid for your heart.


that it's not enough,

it's not enough 

just to say that you're okay.
well I need your hurt, 

I need your pain.
it's not love any other way.

a broken and contrite heart 
I will not despise.
come as you are 
and I won't close my eyes.
I won't close my eyes.
I won't close my eye.
I won't close my eyes.


'cause it's not enough,

it's not enough 

just to say that you're okay.
well I need your hurt, 

I need your pain.
it's not love any other way.

'cause it's not enough,
it's not enough 
just to say that you're okay.
well, you needed My hurt
you needed My pain
it's not love any other way.
it's not love any other way.
yeah, it's not love any other way.

"even in relationships with each other, if you don’t understand the hurt and pain that someone is going through, it’s really not a love relationship. this is a call of God saying to us "I need your pain and I need your hurt" and allowing us to express that to God and not just to mask it. we’re allowed to question and we’re allowed to get mad and say, "i’m really hurt right now and this is what i’m going through." when someone can then love in return, then that’s when it’s true love."
[jason from tenth avenue north]