Story Behind The Song

He wrote the song about how a marriage changes after years together, the hurt and the pain. And how people can change it to become better.

Song Description

About a man and his wife after many years of marriage have grown apart. He realizes her heart is bruised because they drifted apart. Remebering the good times when they were first in love he tries to build that back.

Lyrics

A Heart That Is Bruised

A heart that is bruised
She couldn't tell the lies from the truth
A heart that I bruised
I couldn't tell that I abused
This heart that I had bruised

We were so young and so in love
Those were the best of days
After all these years
I thought it was clear
It would always be that way.
Now it just seems they're just
memories that have slipped away.

She's got a heart that I bruised
She couldn't tell the lies from the truth
A heart that I bruised
I couldn't tell that I abused
This heart that I had bruised.

"You were always at home.
I was never alone.
Please tell me what is wrong."
I would just lie and say "Everything's fine"
But I could see the tears behind the smile.
Fighting back the tears
She said, "Please come over here
and hold me for just a little while."

She's got a heart that I bruised
She couldn't tell the lies from the truth.
A heart that I bruised
I didn't know that I abused
This heart that I had bruised.






One night I came home
I found the bedroom door closed
And I could hear her crying.
I heard her say,
"Why does it got to be this way?
It feels like his love for me is dying."
I remember then when we were best friends
and I knew I had to start trying.

To heal the heart that I bruised
So she could tell the lies from the truth.
A heart that I bruised
So I could start to build brand new
This heart that I had bruised.
This heart that I had bruised.