I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
So many times I've tried to tell you
But I don't think you've been listening
There's nothing I wanna try and sell you
'Cause His love is free
You're so proud of saying you're a seeker
But why are you searching in the dark
You won't find a thing
Until you soften your heart
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
The message is oh so very simple
You gotta be like a child to see
'Cause Jesus said "Let the little children
Come unto Me"
You try to make things to complicated
But you really don't have to be so smart
You don't learn a thing
Until you soften your heart
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
Well if this just this once
I could show you your empty life
I know you would follow Him right now
Well I know it sounds
Just too good to be true
But if He Lives in you
[Chorus]
You'll never die,
You'll never die,
You'll live forever
You'll never die,
You'll never die,
Take care of forever now
You tell everyone to keep on smiling
Your outlook on life is so positive
But deep down inside
You're searching for a reason to live
Like everyone else you're scared of dying
But the power of death has been blown apart
And you'll live forever
If you soften your heart
[Chorus]
But I don't think you've been listening
There's nothing I wanna try and sell you
'Cause His love is free
You're so proud of saying you're a seeker
But why are you searching in the dark
You won't find a thing
Until you soften your heart
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
The message is oh so very simple
You gotta be like a child to see
'Cause Jesus said "Let the little children
Come unto Me"
You try to make things to complicated
But you really don't have to be so smart
You don't learn a thing
Until you soften your heart
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
Well if this just this once
I could show you your empty life
I know you would follow Him right now
Well I know it sounds
Just too good to be true
But if He Lives in you
[Chorus]
You'll never die,
You'll never die,
You'll live forever
You'll never die,
You'll never die,
Take care of forever now
You tell everyone to keep on smiling
Your outlook on life is so positive
But deep down inside
You're searching for a reason to live
Like everyone else you're scared of dying
But the power of death has been blown apart
And you'll live forever
If you soften your heart
[Chorus]
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Soften Your Heart Lyrics as written by Melody Green Keith Gordon Green
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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