[Verse 1]
Just to know you more
So many times I've prayed this prayer before
And then rise on a pew
Another valley that I must walk through
I wanna cry "take this mess from me"
But there's so much I've missed
Because now I see...
[Chorus]
Hurting is a chance to find you as a healer
Lonely is a chance to fall into your love
Broken is a chance to know you as redeemer
Empty is a chance to find that you're enough
Learning every heart turn that's in store
Is just another chance
A chance to know You more
[Verse 2]
Won't give in to fear
Even when your ways are far from clear
I won't run and I won't doubt
I'll embrace the place you have me now
And every heartache that I'm called to face
You help me find a greater depth of grace
[Chorus]
Hurting is a chance to find you as a healer
Lonely is a chance to fall into your love
Broken is a chance to know you as redeemer
Empty is a chance to find that you're enough
Learning every heart turn that's in store
Is just another chance
A chance to know you more
[Bridge]
Each day in the trials they can make a way
I need your love, your heart
And a little more of who you are
[Chorus]
Aching is a chance to find you as my comfort
Fearful is a chance to feel you by my side
Failing is a chance to fall into your mercy
Needing is a chance to know that you'll provide
Hurting is a chance to find you as a healer
Lonely is a chance to fall into your love
Broken is a chance to know you as redeemer
Empty is a chance to find that you're enough
[Outro]
I'm learning every heart turn that's in store
Is just another chance
A chance to know you more
Chance
Song Meaning
Jonny Diaz opens "Chance" admitting repetition rather than a single breakthrough moment — "just to know you more, so many times I've prayed this prayer before" — and "another valley that I must walk through" names the request as recurring, not newly discovered.
"I wanna cry 'take this mess from me,' but there's so much I've missed because now I see" catches the singer mid-realization, admitting the usual request was about to be made again before something shifted. The chorus reframes every hard word as opportunity rather than only affliction — "hurting is a chance to find you as a healer, lonely is a chance to fall into your love, broken is a chance to know you as redeemer" — pairing each wound with the specific attribute of God it makes room to know.
"Won't give in to fear, even when your ways are far from clear" commits to the reframe even without full understanding, and "you help me find a greater depth of grace" credits the difficulty itself with the discovery. The final chorus adds new pairings before returning to the familiar ones — "aching is a chance to find you as my comfort, fearful is a chance to feel you by my side" — and the closing line quietly shifts from "learning" to "I'm learning," naming the process as still underway rather than finished.