For years I craved to feel understood by my family
Imagining I could find the words to finally help them see
Then I wanted the perfect marriage, perfect according to me
I thought if only I could be a part of the perfect community
I wanted to put down roots, feel like I belong somewhere
But my ideals were my ideas, they didn’t get me anywhere
Just a lot of discontentment, heartache, and despair
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Sometimes disappointment can be the best medicine
Because it shows me where my allegiance truly lies
Sometimes disappointment can be the best medicine
Revealing what my hope is truly resting in
Oh Lord, you know just what I need
To draw me back to you
You won’t let it work to enthrone the created
To live for their approval is to enthrone myself
So thank you for their criticisms
Though it’s made me sad
And thank you for their over-praising
Though it drives me mad
Thank you for their silences
Leaving room for you to speak
Showing me how empty all this fear of man can be
Oh Lord, you know just what I need
To draw me back to you
I never could have imagined that I could feel so loved
You don’t need words, you know my heart, better than I know myself
There’s nothing I could do to reach you, but you adopted me
And now no matter where I am, I’m at home in your family
Oh Lord, you know just what I need
To draw me back to you