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So Hard to Forgive explores the inner struggle of carrying hurt and resentment even when you want to follow Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness. The narrator feels trapped by the weight of past wounds and the actions of those who have wronged them, recognizing that forgiveness is not instantaneous or easy. They wrestle with the tension between understanding God’s call to forgive and the reality of lingering pain.

The song shows that forgiveness isn’t about condoning wrongs or forgetting the hurt it is about choosing to release the darkness so it doesn’t control your life. Through this journey, the narrator learns that leaning on Jesus makes it possible to forgive even when it feels impossible alone.

I smile when I should
I nod like I’m fine
I say all the right things
Right on time

But some words stay stuck
Deep in the chest
They don’t fade away
They don’t rest

It’s so hard to forgive
When the wound still talks
When the past still lives
In the way I walk

I know what You say
(I know what You say)
I know it’s true
But it’s so hard to forgive
Even with You

They moved on clean
Like nothing was done
Left me alone
With what they’d begun

It’s so hard to forgive
When there’s no regret
When they don’t remember
What I can’t forget

I hear Your voice
I feel the call
But it’s so hard to forgive
That’s all

You never said it would be quick
(You never said it would be quick)
You never called it light
(You never called it light)
You said it would feel like dying
In plain sight

I don’t forgive
To say it was right
I forgive so the dark
Doesn’t win the night

It’s so hard to forgive
But harder to stay
Locked in the moment
That took me away

So I open my hands
I don’t know how
I forgive with You
Not without

So hard
Still Yours
Still Yours

Still Yours