Lyrics

"While the World Keeps Breaking"
By Yves Stilmant © 2025

Verse 1A
The rain came in through a crack in the roof
The walls don't speak, but they carry the proof
Of nights we whispered, too tired to cry
With dreams stitched thin by the price of tryin'
Verse 1B
I never claimed to walk in grace
But I keep love in this worn-down place
No sacred robe, no holy hymn
Just folded hands and calloused skin

Pre-Chorus
I don't seek a throne above
I look for signs in the shape of love

Chorus
While the world keeps breaking, we still rise
With empty pockets and open eyes
No burning bush, no choir's song
Just quiet strength to carry on
It's not the name we kneel before--
It's the lives we heal, the hearts we restore
If there's truth that's worth embracing--
Let it live here... while the world keeps breaking

Verse 2A
My neighbor's girl left school last fall
Now works late shifts behind strip mall walls
And still she smiles, though she's just a kid
Trying to fix what no one did
Verse 2B
I pass her mom most mornings near
That same brave face behind the fear
No scripture calms what hunger takes
But kindness does the job faith fakes

Pre-Chorus
And if there's a heaven we can find
It might just bloom in how we're kind

Chorus
While the world keeps breaking, we hold tight
Trading silence for what's right
Not waiting on some thunder roll--
Just a gentle word, a lifted soul
No temple tells us how to care
It's how we show up, how we're there
If there's grace worth recreating--
Let it start here... while the world keeps breaking

Bridge
Maybe faith's not etched in stone
But in the ways we stand alone
For those with no one left to lean
That's the closest I've felt to peace

Final Chorus
While the world keeps breaking, we still choose
To build from love, not just from rules
No book or bell can guide our hands
Like reaching out to help who stands
And if salvation ever comes
It won't ride clouds -- it starts with one
So let our hands do the remaking--
Of what matters... while the world keeps breaking