Brokenhearted (Reprise)
Song Meaning
Kirk Franklin keeps "Brokenhearted (Reprise)" almost entirely in imperative mood — "come ye broken hearted, come ye weary soul" — naming exactly who the song is for before saying anything else. "Bring tears of sorrow, bring years of pain" refuses to specify a lighter version of suffering; the invitation covers the heaviest available description of it.
"There is healing water that can make you whole" repeats as the answer to both categories of pain named in the first two sections, treating brokenhearted weariness and long-carried grief as reachable by the same single remedy. The bridge traces that water to a specific source — "it flows from the veins of Jesus my Savior, my healer and redeemer" — rather than leaving the healing generic or self-generated.
"It has power to heal all our sin sick diseases" pairs physical and spiritual sickness under one description rather than treating them separately. The extended vamp that closes the song stacks short, parallel declarations — "forgiveness is here, salvation is here, deliverance is here" — turning a single healing claim into a lengthening list of specific, named provisions rather than one general promise.
Come ye broken hearted come ye weary soul there is healing water that can make you whole that can make you whole
[Verse 2]
Come bring tears of sorrow come bring years of pain there is healing water that can make you whole that can make you whole
[Bridge]
And it flows from the veins of Jesus my savior my healer and redeemer a lover so true it has power to heal all our sin sick diseases so come to the throne your healing is here that can that can that can make you whole
[Vamp]
Your Healing is here Forgiveness is here Salvation is here Acceptance is here Deliverance is here his Presence is here his Mercy is here his Power is here Joy is here Grace is here Love is here that can make you whole that can make you whole [repeat as directed]