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Scars
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Jul 24, 2026 updated
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Brandon Heath's song 'Scars' is a raw and honest prayer about struggling with pain and doubt after a traumatic experience. The lyrics describe feeling broken and changed, yet still reaching out to God. Heath acknowledges the difficulty of believing in healing when it doesn't feel real, and finds comfort in the fact that Jesus Himself had scars that remained. The song is a vulnerable expression of faith in the midst of suffering, asking God to use the pain for a purpose.
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Feels like I'm walking away
Survivor of a wreck on the interstate
Stumbling from the rubble of an earthquake
Still alive but I will never be the same
Feels like I keep waking up
From running all night through a nightmare
Lying wide awake but I'm stuck there
I can see the light but I'm still scared
They say give it time
You'll be fine
If I get one more piece of advice I'll lose my mind
God, I hope this prayer gets through the ceiling
Not that I don't believe in healing
I know I'll be ok but I'm not feeling it today
And I, I wanna think that there's a reason
That's why I'm praying to you Jesus
Cause you know it's hard
And even you had scars that never went away
It's like a whole different world
I don't even recognize it anymore
Bleeding from a wound I didn't have before
Walking with a limp on a shaky floor
And they say give it time
You'll be fine
It's easy to say when it's somebody else
It's easy to hope when it's not for yourself
Oh God, I hope this prayer gets through the ceiling
Not that I don't believe in healing
I know I'll be ok but I'm not feeling it today
And I, I wanna think that there's a reason
That's why I'm praying to you Jesus
Cause you know it's hard
And even you had scars that never went away
If I'm not gonna lose it
If I'm not gonna lose it
Promise me you'll use it
Promise me you'll use it
Oh my God, I hope this prayer gets through the ceiling
Not that I don't believe in healing
I know I'll be ok but I'm not feeling it today
And I, I wanna think that there's a reason
That's why I'm praying to you Jesus
Cause you know it's hard
And even you had scars that never went away
If I'm not gonna lose it
If I'm not gonna lose it
Promise me you'll use it
Promise me you'll use it
If I'm not gonna lose it
If I'm not gonna lose it
Promise me you'll use it
Promise me you'll use it
You'll use it
Even you had scars that never went away