Hope

I feel the earth trembling under my feet I feel the waters churning, rising from the deep I know the trees are swaying with their family's seeds And I feel the harvest returning, no more dust and weeds I've seen fathers running for their prodigal sons And I've seen the nooses empty and the chains undone I've seen beggars leaving their crumbs of bread And I've seen orphans dancing with crowns on their heads And I hear the King whistling through the trees To meet Him at the sea, all the murderers and thieves And there amongst the tide and all the judges of the land He will wash every foot and take His children by the hand And I've heard the forest singing as it prepares the table For the feast to come, glimpsed in parables and fables And between every mountain and every shore And through every season we will hunger no more All hope rises from the dead All hope springs up from the ground From a desert to a garden From a trickle to a stream From the dust, my love, you've risen From the ground you've been redeemed But you've always been my firstborn And you've always been my prize All creation has been groaning for The waking of your eyes All hope rises from the dead All hope springs up from the ground