Nothing I Can Say
By Michael Morrow on March 8, 2026 12:15 pm
I never expected to write this song. On Monday I learnt that an old friend of mine had lost a child, and I wanted to reach out, but I felt as though nothing I could say would be of any use. I felt compelled to write a song for her, but of course, I couldn't express how she was feeling – I could only express how it feels to watch someone grieve. This is actually the third song I've written this week. The first one was okay, musically, but didn't come close to saying what I wanted to say. The second was a poem that expressed my feelings pretty well, but didn't translate at all well to music. Then after a very slow and frustrating Saturday this song came.
I recorded it in a rush. I know the piano sounds like Ben Folds, and I know there's distortion in the vocal, but it's been a long week and I'm glad to have spent it writing, even if the result is a little messy.
Blessed are those who mourn
Blessed are those who mourn
They will be given
They will be given comfort
Jesus said, ‘Come to me’
Jesus said, ‘Come to me
You will be given
You will be given rest’
There’s nothing I can say
Nothing could take your pain away
There’s nothing I can do
But Jesus will be there with you
And I don’t know how long it takes
To get back on your feet again
However long, that’s how long I’ll wait
There in your empty room
I cannot go with you
But Jesus is there
Jesus is right there with you
There is a God who knows
Jesus gave up his throne
So he could be here
So he could be here with us
There’s nothing I can say…
There’s no one else I can trust
Who could carry you, carry you
But Jesus can
Only Jesus can
There’s nothing I can say…
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