Basement Window Prayer

{"language":"eng","descriptor":"","text":"[Verse 1]\nI wrote it down on a torn notebook page,\nfolded neat\nTucked in my coat\nLike a thing too small to hold\n\nI said, \"If You hear me,\nsend me a sign\"\nNot flames from the ceiling\nJust something that fits my life\n\nI asked for a door\nYou gave me a window\nI asked for a map\nYou gave me a sparrow on the sill\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nAnd I stood there stunned\nAt the shape of the answer\nNot what I planned\nBut it broke me open\n\n[Chorus]\nYou answered me\nIn a stranger way\nYou answered me\nAnd I had to stay\nI prayed for one thing\nYou gave me another\n(You gave me another)\nBetter than mine\nStronger than thunder\n\n[Verse 2]\nIt came on a Tuesday\nWith rain on the glass\nA missed train home\nAnd a voice in my chest at last\n\nA friend I forgot\nCalled with good news\nA hand on my shoulder\nWhen I thought I was through\n\nWhat I called delay\nWas a patient mercy\nWhat I called silence\nWas You working in the dark\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nAnd I laughed a little\nThen I cried a little\n'Cause every wrong turn\nWas leading me home\n\n[Chorus]\nYou answered me\nIn a stranger way\nYou answered me\nAnd I had to stay\nI prayed for one thing\nYou gave me another\n(You gave me another)\nBetter than mine\nStronger than thunder\n\n[Bridge]\nMaybe the answer\nWas never the object\nMaybe the answer\nWas being remade\n\nNot my exact words\nNot my clean plan\nBut a wider road\nAnd a steadier hand\n\n[Final Chorus]\nYou answered me\nIn a stranger way\nYou answered me\nAnd I had to stay\nI prayed for one thing\nYou gave me another\n(You gave me another)\nBetter than mine\nStronger than thunder\n\nYou answered me\nIn a stranger way\nYou answered me\nAnd I had to stay\nI prayed for one thing\nYou gave me another\n(You gave me another)\nBetter than mine\nStronger than thunder"}