All Shall Be Well
Embracing Hope: A Journey Through Frozen Rivers and Midnight Sun
Lyrics
We touched down on the sound
We landed near the sound (body of water)
At the top of the world
At the highest point of the world
In the land of the midnight sun
In the region where the sun doesn't set
Where the frozen river melts away
Where the frozen river thaws and starts flowing
And breaks into a run
Breaking into a run towards the sea
Into the sea, into the mighty waves
Into the powerful waves eagerly waiting
That waited just to see it
The waves anticipating the river's return
From a long way off that river thawed
From a distance, the long-awaited thaw of the river
And the tide ran out to meet it
The tide rushes out to meet the river
“Welcome home, unfrozen river, welcome home”
Joyous welcome to the unfrozen river
‘Cause all shall be well, all shall be well
Expressing confidence that everything will be well
Break the chains of the gates of Hell
Breaking free from the chains of Hell
Still all manner of things will be well
Despite challenges, things will be well
See the quiet hearts of the children of
Observing the resilient hearts of the local children
The children of this land
Children surviving in a perpetual night
They have stayed alive in the day-long night
Through fires keeping them warm
By the fires that warm their hands
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There is a wilderness inside them
Describing an internal wilderness within the children
It is dark and thick and deep
Dark and deep, representing inner struggles
And beside the fire at the heart of that wood
By the fire in the heart of that wilderness
Is a precious missing sheep
A precious missing sheep symbolizing a lost soul
So go on in, hold your torch, let it shine
Encouraging to enter with a torch and share light
‘Cause all shall be well, all shall be well
Reiterating confidence that everything will be well
Break the chains of the gates of Hell
Breaking free from the chains of Hell, again
Still all manner of things will be well
Despite challenges, things will be well, again
All shall be well, all shall be well
Reaffirming that everything will be well
The Word of God will never fail
Expressing trust in the unwavering Word of God
And all manner of things will be well
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There's a light in the darkness
Noting a light in the midst of darkness
There's an end to the night
Anticipating an end to the night
I saw the sun go down on a frozen ocean
Describing a sunset on a frozen ocean
As the man in the moon was rising
The moon rising, symbolizing hope
And he rode the night all full and bright
The moon shining brightly in the night
With his face at the far horizon
The night can be challenging and seemingly endless
And the night can be so long, so long
Expressing the difficulty of enduring a long night
You think you'll never get up again
Feeling as if one may never rise again
But listen now, it's a mighty cloud of
Encouraging to listen to a cloud of witnesses
Witnesses around you—they say
Assuring that holding on will lead to wellness
“Hold on, just hold on
Encouraging to persevere and endure
Hold on to the end
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And all shall be well”
Reiterating the belief that ultimately, all shall be well
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