Best Hearts Lyrics

I want somebody who has been through hell
To tell me that I'm gonna be alright
Advice, it never really sits that well
Unless it's coming from someone who's lost the fight

I wanna hear from the sinners, the quitters, the late-night-admitters
That they've done more wrong than done right
The honest assessment, how they learned their lessons
The hard way and still found the light

The best hearts are broken
The best hearts are broken
So Lord, I pray
That I can love
Like the ones who've been destroyed and stood back up
Somehow stay open
'Cause the best hearts are broken

I lost my mother, age of 25
The color left my face and left my life
It took me years of feeling half alive
Before my eyes could see past all the black and white

My friends, we are battered, we're broken, we're shattered
We're bruised, but we're still showing up
(We know what it costs us to love)
The beauty, the magic, the terror, the tragic
It's the cost of admission for love
(We here and we're still signing up)

The best hearts are broken
The best hearts are broken
So Lord, I pray
That I can love
Like the ones who've been destroyed and stood back up
Somehow stay open
'Cause the best hearts are broken

Oh-oh
Oh-oh

So give me the courage
Let me feel it all
And stand in the fire
Not build the walls
When this my heart of mine
Starts to find reasons that it
Should be closing
Remember that pain
Is the place the light enters
I came to this earth
To grow bigger love better
The path of a lover is hard
But it's one that I've chosen

The best hearts are broken
The best hearts are broken
So Lord, I pray
That I can love
Like the ones who've been destroyed and stood back up
Somehow stay open
'Cause the best hearts are broken