Living Waters
Rising Above: Embracing Faith in Living Waters
Lyrics
Hey
Informal greeting or attention grabber
Are you really giving up on faith
Asking if someone is giving up on their faith
Yeah
Affirmation of giving up on faith
When the waters rising
Questioning how one will handle challenges (metaphorically, when waters are rising)
Are you gonna be okay baby
Assuring someone about their well-being during challenges
You'll never get there with your head down
Encouragement to face challenges boldly
The same hands that made you created the waves
Belief that the same power that created can also overcome challenges
Jesus
Invocation of Jesus
Poured out his life like living waters
Reference to Jesus sacrificing his life for others (symbolized as living waters)
Came back to life and now
Confirmation of resurrection and redemption
It's written
Acknowledgment of being forgiven due to Jesus' sacrifice
I'm forgiven
Invoking the Holy Spirit for cleansing
Holy Spirit Holy Spirit
Desire for spiritual cleansing through a flood metaphor
Send the flood to wash all our sins away
Reiteration of the concept of living waters and their cleansing power
It's living waters
-It's living waters
-It's living waters
-Maybe the waters that you're in are living waters
Suggesting that the current circumstances might actually be beneficial (metaphorically, living waters)
Woah oh oh oh
Repetition emphasizing the concept of living waters in challenging situations
Living waters
-Woah oh oh oh
-Woah oh oh oh
-Living waters
-Maybe the waters that your in are living waters
-Hey
Informal attention grabber
Don't you know that we're all gonna be okay
Assurance that everything will be fine
Yeah
Encouragement to remember teachings from prophets
Take heed and remember what the prophets say
Emphasizing the importance of faith in difficult times
You gotta have faith
Encouragement to maintain faith despite challenges and darkness
In the reign
-When you don't wanna go outside
-When you can never see the light
-When your stuck and the rain is pouring down
-Remember what the wise man said
-Have faith and you'll be blessed
-You only know that you can if you dive in
-It's living waters
Reiteration of the concept of living waters offering hope and cleansing
It's living waters
-It's living waters
-Maybe the waters that you're in are living waters
-Woah oh oh oh
-Living waters
-Woah oh oh oh
-Woah oh oh oh
-Living waters
Reinforcing the idea of finding living waters in difficult situations
Maybe the waters that your in are living waters
-Don't fight the flood
Advice not to resist positive change (the flood)
Don't turn away
Encouragement not to turn away from positive transformation
Give up the pain of yesterday
Encouragement to let go of past pain, sins, and shame and look forward to grace and a better future
You're not your sin
-You're not your shame
-Just look ahead you'll see Gods Grace
-He made the waters with his hands
Acknowledgment of God's creative power and ability to revive hearts
He made your heart come live again
-Alive again
Emphasis on revival and being alive again spiritually
Everything he made is good
Acknowledgment that everything created by God is inherently good
Yes everything he made is good
-Everything he made is good
-Everything he made is
-Woah oh oh oh
Reiteration of the concept of living waters and their goodness
Living waters
-Woah oh oh oh
-Woah oh oh oh
-Living waters
-Maybe the waters that you're in are living waters waters
Reiteration that the challenging situation might actually be beneficial (metaphorically, living waters)
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