Lyrics with chords written by Christopher Sopher
Vocal provided by Emily Stellar
Hear it only here for a short time.
I asked Sopher about "What's the Point?"
He said it was never supposed to become a song. It began as a simple thought, "Why Bother," after someone shared deeply personal poems with him.
A song they wanted, but I couldn't "Why Bother" with it, he chuckled. It sounded hopeless; I don't write in that style, so I had to make it my own. Then the imagery came to my head, and I started constructing the song from there, Sopher said.
The phrase "What's the point?" echoed in his mind—not as hopelessness, but as the fear that our most honest words will never be seen or understood. Then something unexpected happened. As he started writing back, the song slowly revealed itself.
It became a conversation between two people who had unknowingly lived through many of the same wounds. Sometimes the best songs aren't planned. They simply find us. This one was a happy accident.
What's the point?
[Intro]
[Key: G Major, Progression: G – D – Em – C]
G – D – Em – C (repeat)
[Verse 1]
(G) I was broken and (D) bothered,
(Em) Twisted and re(C)jected.
(G) Needed (D) healing.
(Em) Then I found your (C) words.
[Verse 2]
(G) A river of (D) poems,
(Em) You sent to (C) me.
(G) Flooded every (D) wound,
(Em) Only I could (C) see.
(G) But I was (D) blinded
(Em) To them. (C)
[Pre-Chorus]
(Em) What's the (C) point?
(G) Your words, my (D) wounds.
(Em) How did you (C) know?
(G) Your lived experi(D)ence,
(Em) Written exactly (C) as I felt.
[Chorus]
(G) What's the (D) point?
(Em) Just a little is (C) all I need.
(G) And God filled the (D) rest.
(Em) That's the (C) point.
(G) God does the (D) rest.
(Em) God does the (C) rest.
[Verse 3]
(G) I felt your con(D)viction.
(Em) Your pas(C)sion.
(G) Your deter(D)mination.
(Em) My spirit (C) blazing.
(G) Your words sur(D)rounding me,
(Em) Like a shield pro(C)tecting me.
[Verse 4]
(G) Feeling only your (D) presence.
(Em) Your purpose is (C) higher.
(G) Your gift is more than (D) entertainment.
(Em) The words you write are (C) healing.
[Bridge]
(Em) Could you help me, (C) please?
(G) Awkward and em(D)barrassed.
(Em) Words stormed in (C) floods.
(G) Don't look (D) back.
(Em) Don't be em(C)barrassed.
(G) Because... it's (D) only me.
(Em) God does every(C)thing,
(G) Using your (D) talent,
(Em) To express Him(C)self.
(G) A mirror, (D) you are.
[Pre-Chorus]
(Em) What's the (C) point?
(G) Your words, my (D) wounds.
(Em) How did you (C) know?
[Chorus]
(G) What's the (D) point?
(Em) Blinded to your (C) words.
(G) Feeling only your (D) presence.
(Em) Just a little is (C) all I need.
(G) And God filled the (D) rest.
(Em) That's the (C) point.
(G) God does the (D) rest.
[Outro]
(Em) Blinded to your (C) words.
(G) Feeling only your (D) presence.
(Em) Just a little is (C) all I need.
(G) And God filled the (D) rest.
(Em) That's the (C) point.
