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Hear That Story Too
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Sep 15, 2026 updated
Hear That Story - EP album
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Song Meaning
Jonny Diaz starts by naming the version of testimony everyone's comfortable with — "everybody loves a good story, one that ends in victory" — before turning to the version nobody tells: "maybe you are going through, right now, a losing battle... you're stuck in the middle." The song's entire case is built on that gap between the two.
Diaz doesn't wait for the ending to make the point. "While you're pressing through this, God is finding ways to use you" moves the timeline up — usefulness isn't something that happens after the wound heals, an idea close to Romans 8:28's promise that God works good even through seasons still in progress, not only the finished ones.
The title line reframes honesty itself as a kind of ministry: "don't be afraid to tell the truth, we need to hear that story too." That's James 5:16's instruction to confess struggles to each other made into a chorus, and it leans on 2 Corinthians 12:9's claim that weakness is where grace actually shows up, not where it's absent.
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Everybody loves a good story
One that ends in victory
We all love an overcomer
Pushing past adversity
But maybe you are going through
Right now, a losing battle
Tryna find the other side
Somehow, but you're stuck in the middle
And you're think someday
Maybe God'll use this
When it's finally in your rearview
But I say, while you're pressing through this
God is finding ways to use you
There's a story of mercy
In every step of the journey
Don't be afraid to tell the truth
We need to hear that story too
You could say it's human nature
To hide the times when we fall down
But if we could just be honest
We could help each other out
Maybe you've got a wound
Right now, that hasn't healed yet
And you believe that you need
Somehow, to live a life that's perfect
And you're think someday
Maybe God'll use this
When it's finally in your rearview
But I say, while you're pressing through this
God is finding ways to use you
There's a story of mercy
In every step of the journey
Don't be afraid to tell the truth
We need to hear that story too
If your stories happy ending
Is somewhere out of sight
That means you're just like me
And we're together in this fight
And you're think someday
Maybe God'll use this
When it's finally in your rearview
But I say, while you're pressing through this
God is finding ways to use you
And you're think someday
Maybe God'll use this
When it's finally in your rearview
But I say, while you're pressing through this
God is finding ways to use you
There's a story of mercy
In every step of the journey
Don't be afraid to tell the truth
We need to hear that story too
I wanna hear that story
I wanna hear that story
I wanna hear that story
We need to hear that story too