Holes
Song Meaning
A single phrase drives Hulvey's chorus: "holes in Your hands for the holes in my heart." The scarred hands of Jesus become the answer to emptiness, and "You are my fulfillment" repeats until the claim feels settled. Verse one names the cost, "the crown of thorns on Your head," and thanks the Father for a plan that did not leave the singer "here for dead."
The verses get personal. Hulvey describes floating in the darkest waters and a coma without knowing where he was going, then realizing Jesus "was with me every moment." The next verse turns on church hurt: years in the pews, leaving "hurt from everything that I was fed," and pointing fingers at others while forgetting "the blood You bled." A question from his girlfriend about when he last prayed for them sends him looking for "that love from heaven above."
The bridge ties the story to the Gospels: "If You calm the wind and the waves / Then You can calm the pain that we face." That echoes Mark 4:39, and the resurrection becomes the reason "we should never be afraid." Isaiah 53:5, healing by His wounds, sits behind the hands-and-heart imagery from start to finish.
You are my fulfillment, You are my fulfillment
You are my fulfillment, holes in Your hands for the holes in my heart
You are my fulfillment, You are my fulfillment
You are my fulfillment, holes in Your hands for the holes in my heart
Worthy is the Lamb
You wore the crown of thorns on Your head, yeah
You ain't leave me here for dead
The Spirit revive me, He lives within
Father, I thank You for Your plan
In-in-in-in the darkest of the waters I was floating (Floating)
In the coma, I ain't know where I was going (Going)
Now I realize You was with me every moment, uh
Jesus, You're the light inside the morning
You are my fulfillment, You are my fulfillment
You are my fulfillment, holes in Your hands for the holes in my heart
You are my fulfillment, You are my fulfillment
You are my fulfillment, holes in Your hands for the holes in my heart
Spent many years sittin' in the pews, had so much on my head
Walked in church, walked out, hurt from everything that I was fed
First one to point fingers at 'em was the last time that I read
I was taking in what they said instead of the blood You bled, man
My girl asked me like, "When was the last time you prayed for 'em?"
I sit back and I think, I try to find a time but I can't
I gotta love like Jesus, and it's not too late
Gimme that, uh, love, from heaven above
The kind that take a broken man like me and have him walking in the sun
In the darkest of the waters I was floating (Floating)
In the coma, I ain't know where I was going (Going)
Now I realize You was with me every moment, uh
Jesus, You're the light inside the morning-ing-ing
If You calm the wind and the waves (Waves)
Then You can calm the pain that we face (Face)
And if You rose again from the grave (Grave)
There ain't no reason we should ever be afraid (Afraid)
We should never be afraid-fraid-aid
You are my fulfillment, You are my fulfillment
You are my fulfillment, holes in Your hands for the holes in my heart
You are my fulfillment, You are my fulfillment
You are my fulfillment, holes in Your hands for the holes in my heart