Blessings – English Lyrics

• By: Laura Story
• Album: Blessings

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language can be a deeply personal journey, and Laura Story's "Blessings" offers a powerful emotional connection to English. Through its raw, honest lyrics about finding faith in hardship, you can learn vocabulary related to hope, struggle, and spiritual introspection. The song's universal message of finding strength in adversity makes it a special and moving piece for any language learner to explore.

[English]

We pray for blessings, we pray for peace

Comfort for family, protection while we sleep

We pray for healing, for prosperity

We pray for Your mighty hand

To ease our suffering

And all the while, You hear each spoken need

Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?

What if Your healing comes through tears?

What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?

And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise?

...

We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear

And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near

...

We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love

As if every promise from Your word is not enough

And all the while, You hear each desperate plea

And long that we'd have faith to believe

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?

What if Your healing comes through tears?

And what if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?

And what if trials of this life

Are Your mercies in disguise?

...

When friends betray us

And when darkness seems to win, we know

The pain reminds this heart

That this is not, this is not our home

...

It's not our home

...

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?

What if Your healing comes through tears?

And what if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?

What if my greatest disappointments

Or the aching of this life

Is the revealing of a greater thirst

This world can't satisfy?

And what if trials of this life

The rain, the storms, the hardest nights

Are Your mercies in disguise?

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
blessings /ˈblɛsɪŋz/ B1	noun - divine favor and protection
peace /piːs/ A1	noun - freedom from disturbance; tranquility.
family /ˈfæməli/ A1	noun - a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.
protection /prəˈtɛkʃən/ B1	noun - the action of protecting, or the state of being protected.
healing /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ B1	noun - the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again.
prosperity /prɒˈspɛrɪti/ B2	noun - the state of being prosperous.
mighty /ˈmaɪti/ B1	adjective - possessing great power or strength.
suffering /ˈsʌfərɪŋ/ B2	noun - the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship.
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - have a strong feeling of affection for (someone). noun - an intense feeling of affection.
raindrops /ˈreɪndrɒps/ A2	noun - a single drop of rain.
tears /tɪərz/ A2	noun - drops of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in the eye.
sleepless /ˈsliːpləs/ B2	adjective - having difficulty sleeping; without sleep.
trials /ˈtraɪəlz/ B2	noun - a test of the quality, value, or usefulness of something.
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter.
mercies /ˈmɜːrsiz/ B2	noun - compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is in one's power to punish or harm.
disguise /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ B2	noun - a thing that hides someone or something.
wisdom /ˈwɪzdəm/ B2	noun - the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement.
doubt /daʊt/ B1	verb - feel uncertain about. noun - a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction.
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ B1	noun - a declaration assuring that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen. verb - assure someone that one will definitely do, give, or arrange something; undertake or declare.
betray /bɪˈtreɪ/ B2	verb - to be disloyal to.
darkness /ˈdɑːknəs/ B1	noun - the state of being dark.
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.
greatest /ˈɡreɪtɪst/ A2	adjective - of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the average.
disappointments /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənts/ B2	noun - the feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by the nonfulfillment of one's hopes or expectations.
aching /ˈeɪkɪŋ/ B2	noun - a continuous dull pain in a part of one's body. adjective - experiencing a dull and continuous pain.
revealing /rɪˈviːlɪŋ/ B2	noun - making known something that was previously secret or unknown. adjective - giving a surprising or interesting fact about something.
thirst /θɜːrst/ B1	noun - a feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.
storm /stɔːrm/ A2	noun - a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
hardest /ˈhɑːrdɪst/ A2	adjective - needing or using a lot of physical strength.

Key Grammar Structures

• We pray for Your mighty hand To ease our suffering

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The infinitive phrase "To ease our suffering" explains the purpose of praying for God's mighty hand. It indicates *why* they are praying.

• 'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Mixed Type/Speculation)

  ➔ This is a hypothetical question about a possible reality. "What if" introduces a condition that, if true, would challenge conventional understanding. It implies a hidden blessing or a different perspective on suffering. The verb "come" is in the present tense, signifying the possibility.

• And what if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?

  ➔ Complex Sentence Structure with 'what' as a relative pronoun

  ➔ Here, "what" functions as a relative pronoun introducing a noun clause. "What it takes to know You're near" is the subject complement. The entire structure expresses a hypothetical and profound connection between hardship and spiritual closeness.

• And what if trials of this life Are Your mercies in disguise?

  ➔ Subject-Verb Inversion (poetic license)

  ➔ The normal word order would be "trials of this life *are* Your mercies in disguise". The inversion ("Are trials...") emphasizes the question and adds a poetic or rhetorical flair. It makes the question more impactful.

• As if every promise from Your word is not enough

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (implying unreality)

  ➔ The phrase "as if" introduces a hypothetical situation that contradicts reality. It suggests a feeling or belief that isn't true. The sentence expresses doubt and questions the sufficiency of God's promises even though they *are* actually enough.

• And long that we'd have faith to believe

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'long' expressing a wish or desire.

  ➔ The word "long" functions as a verb here, meaning to desire something greatly. "That we'd have faith" is a clause expressing the desired state. 'Would' is used to show a desire or wish that isn't necessarily fulfilled.

• When friends betray us And when darkness seems to win, we know

  ➔ Adverbial Clauses of Time

  ➔ These are clauses starting with "when" which indicate the timing or circumstances of the main clause's action. They set a context of difficulty and hardship under which the knowledge or realization occurs.

• Is the revealing of a greater thirst This world can't satisfy?

  ➔ Ellipsis and relative clause

  ➔ There's an implicit "that" before "this world." This is a relative clause defining the type of thirst being discussed. Ellipsis contributes to the flow and poetic style. The sentence highlights a deeper, spiritual need that material things cannot fulfill.