(Intro - soft spoken, breathy)
Yeah... listen
(Verse 1)
I so thankful for unanswered prayers cause truth be told I've been tricked a time or two. and looking back I can't believe I ever saw a future. liars, cowards that's all I see. Boys who didn't deserve me.
(Verse 1 - continued)
I kept those lines like maps in the dark, tracing where I almost lost my heart,
Every promise echoing hollow where the streetlights used to spark.
You taught me caution, taught me how to guard the keys to my own door—
Now I plant seeds where love is soil, not for show, not for war.
(Pre-Chorus)
Sparse at first, but the truth unfurls—soft keys, a slow groove;
Warm electric piano lifts the hush as my bruises start to move.
I learned to read the quiet between the words they never said,
Found rhythm in the spaces, found a steadiness instead.
(Chorus)
Thankful for unanswered prayers — they kept my heart unbroken.
Closed doors saved me from the boys with silver tongues and tokens.
Left those nights with empty rooms, now mornings burn like prayer,
I’m grateful for the no’s that led me to the one who’s really there.
(Verse 2)
Remember the neon diner, midnight coffee, shaky hands,
You played me like a jukebox tune, promises on quicksand.
I tore your letters by the window, rain drawing lines on glass,
Watched my photo fade beneath the steam as I told the past to pass.
Now I fold my own map, stamp it with a new horizon name,
Walk past our old corner where your laughter used to hang like rain.
(Pre-Chorus)
Soft backing vocals step in, a velvet ring of calm,
Half-hushed harmonies like answers to a Psalm.
I count the little mercies: missed trains, unopened doors,
Each one a quiet miracle that led me to something more.
(Chorus)
Thankful for unanswered prayers — they kept my heart unbroken.
Closed doors saved me from the boys with silver tongues and tokens.
Left those nights with empty rooms, now mornings burn like prayer,
I’m grateful for the no’s that led me to the one who’s really there.
(Bridge)
Concrete memory: your voicemail at two A.M., a laugh that wasn’t mine,
A lipstick crescent on a glass, the day I crossed that faded line.
I threw the key into the river where misread futures flow,
Watched ripples carry what I didn’t need — watched myself grow.
(Bridge - vocal ad-libs, syncopated)
Oh—uh—(I’m better than the could’ve been),
Mm—yeah—(I traded doubt for something clean),
La—(those missed prayers were mercy in disguise),
Oh—(now love sees me, sees me with clear eyes).
(Chorus - fuller, layered)
Thankful for unanswered prayers — they kept my heart unbroken.
Closed doors saved me from the boys with silver tongues and tokens.
Left those nights with empty rooms, now mornings burn like prayer,
I’m grateful for the no’s that led me to the one who’s really there.
(Outro)
I stand in sunlight, coffee warm, and the city hums our tune,
No more ghosts on my shoulder — just the afternoon.
(Spoken, gentle)
I so thankful for unanswered prayers cause truth be told I've been tricked
