Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus Lyrics
Lyrics
To everyone who's lost someone they love
Long before it was their time
You feel like the days you had were not enough
When you said goodbye
And to all of the people with burdens and pains
Keeping you back from your life
You believe that there's nothing and there is no one
Who can make it right
There is hope for the helpless
Rest for the weary
Love for the broken heart
There is grace and forgiveness
Mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are
Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus
For the marriage that's struggling just to hang on
They lost all of their faith in love
They've done all they can to make it right again
Still it's not enough
For the ones who can't break the addictions and chains
You try to give up but you come back again
Just remember that you're not alone in your shame
And your suffering
There is hope for the helpless
Rest for the weary
Love for the broken heart
There is grace and forgiveness
Mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are
Cry out to Jesus
When you're lonely
And it feels like the whole world is falling on you
You just reach out, you just cry out to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
To the widow who suffers from being alone
Wiping the tears from her eyes
For the children around the world without a home
Say a prayer tonight
There is hope for the helpless
Rest for the weary
Love for the broken heart
There is grace and forgiveness
Mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are
There is hope for the helpless
Rest for the weary
Love for the broken heart
There is grace and forgiveness
Mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are
Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus
Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus
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Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus
Meaning & Inspiration
Third Day’s "Cry Out to Jesus" hangs in the air like a heavy curtain. It’s written for the rooms where people stop pretending—the ones where a marriage contract is being shredded in a lawyer’s office, or the ones where the house feels like a mausoleum because someone left a coffee cup on the counter that won't ever be picked up again.
But here’s the rub: is "cry out" just a bumper sticker? When the bills are past due and the radiator is clicking in a cold apartment, telling someone to "reach out" can sound like Cheap Grace. It’s easy to sing from a stage under bright lights; it’s a lot harder to believe it when your bank account is empty or your kid is in the ICU.
Take the line, "He'll meet you wherever you are." If that’s true, He’s meeting me in the bitterness and the cynicism. He’s meeting me in the doubt that says this is all just noise. Psalm 34:18 tells us the Lord is close to the brokenhearted, but being "close" isn't the same as being "fixed." That’s the part the radio version usually misses. You can cry out and still be broken. You can call for help and still be staring at the same pile of wreckage the next morning.
I struggle with the way we package these things. We make it sound like a transaction: you cry, He fixes. But life rarely moves in that straight line. If you’re trapped in the "addictions and chains" the song mentions, you’ve probably cried out a dozen times. You’ve prayed until your throat was raw, and the chains didn't vanish. The, "you try to give up but you come back again" lyric is the only part of this track that feels honest. That’s the real human experience—stumbling, failing, and feeling the heat of your own shame.
If this song is just a polite suggestion to "get right," then it’s useless. But if it’s an invitation to stop faking it—to stop polishing your exterior for the people in the pews—then maybe there’s something here. Maybe "crying out" isn't a request for a quick miracle, but a desperate act of defiance against total silence.
I’m still not sure what happens after the song fades out and the silence of the house returns. I don't know if the widow’s tears stop, or if the marriage actually gets saved. The song doesn't promise a happy ending, even if the chorus tries to sound like a lullaby. It just tells you to scream into the dark. I suppose that’s where the grit is. It’s not about finding an answer; it’s about refusing to go quiet when everything else in your life is telling you that you’re on your own. Maybe that has to be enough for today.