Lyrics
Like a foolish dreamer that was trying to build
A highway to the sky
All my hopes would come tumblin down
And I never knew just why
Until today when You pulled away the clouds
That hung like curtains on my eyes.
Iive been blind all these wasted years when
I thought I was so wise.
But then You took me by surprise.
Like waking up from the longest dream
How real it seemed
Until Your love broke through
And I was lost in a fantasy
That blinded me
Until your love broke through.
All my life I have been searching
For that crazy missing part
And With one touch You just rolled away
The stone that held my heart,
Now I see that the answer was as easy
As just askin you in
And I am so sure I could never doubt
Your gentle touch again
It's like the power of the wind.
Like waking up from the longest dream
How real it seemed
Until Your love broke through
Ive been lost in a fantasy
That blinded me
Until your love broke through.
Like waking up from the longest dream
How real it seemed
Until Your love broke through
Until Your love broke through
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Love Broke Through" describes spiritual awakening through the image of waking from a long, convincing dream, admitting that years spent feeling wise were actually spent blind to reality. Its opening verse compares that former state to a foolish attempt at building a highway to the sky, a self-directed effort that repeatedly collapsed without explanation.
The chorus names the moment that changed everything as an external interruption rather than a personal realization, describing love breaking through and ending a fantasy the singer had mistaken for truth. That framing keeps credit for the change squarely on what was received rather than achieved through searching.
A later verse recalls searching for a "missing part" before describing a single touch that removed a stone from the heart, imagery echoing a scriptural picture of transformed, softened character. Rooted in contemporary Christian testimony songwriting, the song functions as an account of conversion, using the metaphor of waking from illusion to describe a decisive, undeserved change credited entirely to grace received rather than wisdom attained.
Related Scripture
- Ezekiel 36:26 Describes God removing a heart of stone and giving a heart of flesh, echoed in the song's image of a stone rolled away from the heart.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Describes anyone in Christ as a new creation, echoed in the song's description of waking from a long, blinding dream into new reality.