[Verse 1]

Here's a thing about a heartbreak

It will happen all your life

In the morning, on your wedding day

In a cheerful, last goodbye

It might find you at the station

Sit beside you on the train

Kiss you softly with intention

Leave you breathless from the pain

[Chorus]

When a heart breaks down

When a heart breaks down

Won't you stand your ground and start again?

When a heart breaks down

When a heart breaks down

Will you find your way somehow to love again?

[Verse 2]

Lately, she's been up 'til sunrise

Sleep is lost and can't be found

It's not the water on the nightstand

It's not the book she can't put down

It's the echo of some bad news

And the doctors whispering

It's the memory of a warm embrace

And the breath she's holding in

[Chorus]

When a heart breaks down

When a heart breaks down

Won't you stand your ground and start again?

When a heart breaks down

When a heart breaks down

Will you find your way somehow to love again?

[Post-Chorus]

When a heart breaks down

When a heart breaks down

[Verse 3]

There's beauty in the blessed heartbreak

There is life after the flood

No one here has suffered through it

Without courage in their blood

Here's the thing about forgiveness

She's the child of love and hate

The recognizing that you need her so

Will bring peace along the way

[Chorus]

When a heart breaks down

When a heart breaks down

Won't you stand your ground and start again?

When a heart breaks down

When a heart breaks down

Will you find your way somehow to love again?

[Post-Chorus]

When a heart breaks down

When a heart breaks down