Lyrics for That's What The Pain Taught Me by Blu Monroe
Mm, yeah
Mm, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pain taught me everybody smiling ain't for me
And everybody clapping ain't proud to see me win
Pain taught me some doors got to close in my face
So better things can finally let me in
Pain taught me stop begging folks to understand me
Everybody can't go where God taking me
Pain taught me silence got more power than proving
And peace means more than being seen
I used to take things personal
Now I just let it be
'Cause what was meant to break me down
Ended up teaching me
That's what the pain taught me
How to stand when it get hard
How to smile through the tears
And still protect my heart (oh-oh) yeah-yeah
That's what the pain taught me
How to trust the higher plan
How to lose a lot of people
And still know who I am (oh-oh) yeah-yeah
That's what the pain taught me
It changed the way I see
I may have cried through the lesson (oh-oh)
But the lesson strengthened me
Pain taught me some people love the old you better
The version they could use, the one that stayed small
Pain taught me healing makes folks uncomfortable
Especially when they thought you'd fall
Pain taught me how to sit with my own feelings
Without running every time life got real
Pain taught me God will strip away distractions
Just to show you what's really meant to heal
Now I don't chase what don't choose me
I don't force what don't fit
'Cause every loss that hurt my heart
Taught me how not to quit
That's what the pain taught me
How to stand when it get hard
How to smile through the tears
And still protect my heart (oh-oh) yeah-yeah
That's what the pain taught me
How to trust the higher plan
How to lose a lot of people
And still know who I am (oh-oh) yeah-yeah
That's what the pain taught me
It changed the way I see
I may have cried through the lesson
But the lesson strengthened me
It taught me boundaries, it taught me grace
It taught me healing takes its place
It taught me strength I didn't know
Until the storm made me grow
That's what the pain taught me (oh, yeah)
That's what the pain taught me, yeah
I'm wiser now, I see (ooh)
Everything that tried to break me (ooh) mm
Built a better me