On a cold dark winter's evening

While a quiet village sleeps

There's a carpenter that's hurting in the night

All his hopes and expectations

Once that seemed so very clear

Just faded into questions

Filled with brokenness and fear

For the woman he had longed for

Now was found to be with child

Though he never held her once in his embrace

But within that room where dreams had died

And sorrows flowed with tears

Came the entrance of a miracle

To a heart so filled with fear

He was there

Waiting there

Hidden in the heartache

Was a gift beyond compare

Jesus, the Messiah

Came to save His own

In the darkness

He was there

In the stillness of the morning

Walks a virgin with her man

On a journey that she doesn't understand

How she longs to find a place to rest

But still there is no room

No place bear the promised One

Due so very soon

With so many things unanswered

Oh, she struggles to believe

Wondering if the angel's words she heard were true

But amid her disappointments

There in Bethlehem arose

A song of great deliverance

This world has never known

Oh, He was there

Waiting there

Hidden in the heartache

Was a gift beyond compare

Jesus, the Messiah

Came to save His own

In the darkness

He was there

There far beyond the reasons anyone can give

Where only faith can conquor doubt

There in a manger

Far from Heaven's mighty throne

The King of all creation

Made His glory known

Oh, He was there

Waiting there

Hidden in the heartache

Was a gift beyond compare

Jesus, our Messiah

Came to save His own

In the darkness

He was there

In the darkness

He was there