Red Rocks Worship - Breakthrough Lyrics
Lyrics
Verse 1
I am weary from the waves
Crashing over every day
God of mercy, please come rescue me
I am longing for Your voice
Gentle whisper in the noise
Father, tell me everything's all right, yeah
Chorus
Your power and Your presence
Breaks strongholds, King of Heaven
When You speak, mountains move
I believe there will be breakthrough, yeah
Verse 2
You alone can take my scars
And piece by piece restore my heart
Take what's broken, make it whole again, oh-oh
Chorus
'Cause Your power and Your presence
Breaks strongholds, King of Heaven
When You speak, mountains move
I believe there will be breakthrough, oh-oh
There will be breakthrough, oh
Bridge
Shake the mountains, break the walls apart
Open the Heavens, Almighty God, You are
Overcomer, Defender of my heart
It's who You are, God
By Your power, the oceans open wide
Your fire falls down, Heaven and Earth collide
King Jesus, forever by my side
Shake the mountains, yes
Shake the mountains, break the walls apart
Open the Heavens, Almighty God, You are
Overcomer, Defender of my heart, oh-oh, yeah
And by Your power, the oceans open wide
Your fire falls down, Heaven and Earth collide
King Jesus, forever by my side, yeah
Chorus
'Cause Your power and Your presence
Breaks strongholds, King of Heaven
When You speak, mountains move
I believe there will be breakthrough
And Your power and Your presence
Breaks strongholds, King of Heaven
When You speak, mountains move
I believe there will be breakthrough
There will be breakthrough
There will be breakthrough
I know, I know, I know
There will be breakthrough
Spontaneous
I know You are moving now, God
I know You are healing now, God
You are moving, You are healing, You are speaking
There will be, there will be victory
I know, I know, I know
Interlude
There will be, there will be victory here
There will be, there will be victory here
There will be, there will be victory, oh-oh
There will be, there will be victory here
There will be, there will be victory here
There will be, there will be victory here
I know, I know, yeah
There will be, come on, there will be victory here
There will be, there will be victory here
There will be, there will be victory here, oh-oh, yeah
There will be, there will be victory here
There will be, there will be victory here
There will be, there will be victory here
We believe, shake the mountains
Bridge
Shake the mountains, you sing, break the walls apart
Open the Heavens, Almighty God, You are
Overcomer, Defender of my heart
And by Your power, the oceans open wide
Your fire falls down, Heaven and Earth collide
King Jesus, forever by my side
Shake the mountains, shake the mountains
Shake the mountains, break the walls apart
Open the Heavens, Almighty God, You are
Overcomer, Defender of my heart
By Your power, by Your power
And by Your power, the oceans open wide
Your fire falls down, Heaven and Earth collide
King Jesus, forever by my side
Chorus
'Cause Your power and Your presence
Breaks strongholds, King of Heaven
When You speak, mountains move
I believe there will be breakthrough, yeah
There will be breakthrough
We know, we know, we know
That there will be breakthrough
There will be breakthrough
Video
Red Rocks Worship - Breakthrough (Live)
Meaning & Inspiration
I have spent many mornings sitting on the back porch with nothing but a cup of black coffee and a Bible held together by masking tape, watching the fog lift off the valley. I’ve known times where the prayer was simple—a desperate plea for the ground to stop shaking beneath my feet. Red Rocks Worship sings, “I am weary from the waves / Crashing over every day,” and it lands hard. It doesn’t feel like a studio recording; it feels like the kind of confession you make when the doctor leaves the room or when the bank account hits zero.
There’s a comfort in admitting exhaustion. When you’re young, you’re taught that faith means you shouldn’t feel weary, that you should always be charging the gates. But after forty years, you learn that the waves don’t always stop just because you ask them to. Sometimes, they just keep crashing. The line that pulls at me is, “Father, tell me everything's all right.” It’s a child’s prayer, really. It’s what I asked when my father was still alive, and it’s what I ask now, at three in the morning, when the house is quiet and the old aches in my joints remind me that I’m not as sturdy as I used to be.
We tend to want a loud, earth-shattering answer, but the song reminds us of a “gentle whisper in the noise.” Elijah knew that wind, that earthquake, and that fire, but the Lord wasn’t in those. He was in the sheer silence that followed. It is a strange thing to believe in a breakthrough while the walls are still standing. I look at my hands—calloused, spotted, shaking just a bit—and I realize that "breakthrough" doesn't always look like the Red Sea parting. Sometimes, it just looks like the grace to stand still for one more hour.
The refrain, “I believe there will be breakthrough,” is a heavy one to carry. When you’ve seen friends buried and dreams deferred, you become careful with the word "victory." I’ve learned that sometimes the victory isn't the mountain moving; it's the fact that I’m still standing here, singing the song, even when the mountain hasn't budged an inch.
Is this just young man’s noise? Maybe. It’s loud, and it’s certain, and it’s hungry for change. But there’s a flicker of something ancient in it, too. When they sing about the “Defender of my heart,” it brings me back to the Psalms—David crying out from the caves, waiting for a dawn that felt like it would never come. I don’t know if every mountain in your life is going to fall, and I suspect the folks at Red Rocks don't know either. But there’s a quiet dignity in declaring it anyway. Even when the strength is gone, saying it aloud seems to be the only way to keep the dark at bay. You hold onto the promise, even if your knuckles are white and your voice is thin. That’s enough for today.