"Broken"

The song below is called "Broken" and it is by a band
called Lifehouse.I had not heard this song in awhile,
but tonight I decided that I wanted to listen to the
album of theirs that I own, when this song began to
play. It reminded me of a skit I saw done on a retreat
I went to. It was about this girl who got herself in
a lot of bad situations, drinking,drugs, sex, so forth
and so on. Each time she did something wrong a piece
of her "paper heart" got torn off, until there was not
much left. That was the time she finally went to
adoration. While in adoration they had the monstrance
out and a person portraying Christ standing right
behind it.When she decided to go to confession there
was a guy playing the priest,and the man portraying
Christ walked over behind the priest, kind of showing
how when you tell the priest your sins Jesus is right
there listening and forgiving you through the priest.
It was a very moving skit and the confession line
afterwords was very long. The lyrics to the song are
below.


     Broken
by Lifehouse

The broken clock is a comfort, it helps me sleep tonight
Maybe it can stop tomorrow from stealing all my time
And I am here still waiting though I still have my doubts
I am damaged at best, like you've already figured out

I'm falling apart, I'm barely breathing
With a broken heart that's still beating
In the pain there is healing
In your name I find meaning

The broken locks were a warning you got inside my head
I tried my best to be guarded, I'm an open book instead
And I still see your reflection inside of my eyes
That are looking for purpose, they're still looking for life

I'm falling apart, I'm barely breathing
With a broken heart that's still beating
In the pain (In the pain) there's the healing
In your name (In your name) I find meaning
So I'm holdin' on, (I'm still holdin')
I'm holdin' on, (I'm still holdin')
I'm holdin' on (I'm still holdin')
I'm barely holdin' on to you

I'm hanging on another day
Just to see what you will throw my way
And I'm hanging on to the words you say
You said that I would, would be ok

The broken lights on the freeway left me here alone
I may have lost my way now, haven't forgotten my way home

I'm falling apart, I'm barely breathing
With a broken heart that's still beating
In the pain (In the pain) there is healing
In your name (In your name) I find meaning
So I'm holdin' on, (I'm still holdin)
I'm holdin' on, (I'm still holdin')
I'm holdin' on, (I'm still holdin')
I'm barely holdin' on to you