[Verse 1]
Nobody wishes for this
Nobody is looking for heart-ache
But I know sometimes that's just how it goes
I wasn't asking for easy, I didn't want the hard way either
But I guess that's what You thought I needed most
[Chorus]
If my life never would have got broken
Then my hands would have never been open
And my heart never would have been stolen
But Your love came to me at my lowest
And I've been singing ever since that moment
Hallelujah, my heart has been stolen
[Verse 2]
In the middle of it
I couldn't see a reason
So I guess I question what I was worth
But You saw my heart as a jewel
And You broke in like a thief and showed me
That You do anything to make me Yours
[Chorus]
If my life never would have got broken
Then my hands would have never been open
And my heart never would have been stolen
But Your love came to me at my lowest
And I have been singing ever since that moment
Hallelujah, my heart has been stolen
[Bridge]
Sometimes You let us get broken down
Busted and bruised from the inside out
So You can build us up again
Yeah, sometimes You let us get broken down
Lost in the dark right before we're found
So You can take us home again
[Chorus]
If my life never would have got broken
Then my hands would have never been open
And my heart never would have been stolen
But Your love came to me at my lowest
And I have been singing ever since that moment
Hallelujah, my heart has been stolen
[Bridge]
Sometimes You let us get broken down
Busted and bruised from the inside out
So You can build us up again
Yeah, sometimes You let us get broken down
Lost in the dark right before we're found
So You can take us home again
[Outro]
Hallelujah, my heart has been stolen
Hallelujah, my heart has been stolen
Stolen
Song Meaning
Jason Gray refuses to romanticize pain before naming its use in "Stolen" — "nobody wishes for this, nobody is looking for heart-ache, but I know sometimes that's just how it goes" — and "I wasn't asking for easy, I didn't want the hard way either" admits neither option was actually chosen.
The chorus states its central paradox directly — "if my life never would have got broken, then my hands would have never been open, and my heart never would have been stolen" — crediting brokenness with an outcome it wouldn't have produced any other way. "You broke in like a thief and showed me that You do anything to make me Yours" turns the title's image around, letting the thief be the one doing the rescuing.
"In the middle of it I couldn't see a reason, so I guess I question what I was worth" admits the confusion honestly rather than skipping to the resolved version of the story. "Sometimes You let us get broken down, busted and bruised from the inside out, so You can build us up again" states the pattern as ongoing rather than a single past event, and the repeated closing "Hallelujah" lets gratitude, not explanation, be the song's actual final word.