That's What The Pain Taught Me

[Verse 1]
Pain taught me everybody smiling ain't for me
And everybody clapping ain't proud to see me win
Pain taught me some doors gotta close in my face
So better things can finally let me in
Pain taught me stop begging folks to understand me
Everybody can't go where God taking me
Pain taught me silence got more power than proving
And peace mean more than being seen

[Pre-Chorus]
I used to take things personal
Now I just let it be
'Cause what was meant to break me down
Ended up teaching me

[Chorus]
That's what the pain taught me
How to stand when it get hard
How to smile through the tears
And still protect my heart
That's what the pain taught me
How to trust a higher plan
How to lose a lot of people
And still know who I am
That's what the pain taught me

[Verse 2]
It changed the way I see
I may have cried through the lesson
But the lesson strengthened me
Pain taught me some people love to owe you better
The version they can use, the one that stays small
Pain taught me healing make folks uncomfortable
Especially when they thought you'd fall
Pain taught me how to sit with my own feelings
Without running every time life got real
Pain taught me God will strip away distractions
Just to show you what's really meant to heal

[Pre-Chorus]
Now I don't chase what don't choose me
I don't force what don't fit
'Cause every loss that hurt my heart
Taught me how not to quit

[Chorus]
That's what the pain taught me
How to stand when it get hard
How to smile through the tears
And still protect my heart
That's what the pain taught me
How to trust a higher plan
How to lose a lot of people
And still know who I am
That's what the pain taught me

[Bridge]
It taught me boundaries, it taught me grace
It taught me healing, taking its place
It taught me strength I didn't know
Until the storm made me grow
That's what the pain taught me

[Outro]
I'm wiser now, I see
Everything that tried to break me
Built a better me