The Builders (Remastered)

I drew a line along the shore where sand remembers none. I framed a dream with easy hands and called the drifting home. The sky was blue, the air was soft. I thought I’d found my place, but winds can turn, a whisper sharp and waves erase a face. I heard a voice on higher ground,

A cornerstone to stay Build your life on what I say Not castles made of sand So stone by stone I learn your words

Like music through the rain And under every trembling board Your mercy held the frame When thunder names are winged

And London shows our flaws Your faithful bare rock answers With love that keeps its long Build me on the rock of your word

Where storms break loud but hearts hold firm When rivers rise and nights run long Keep this house with living stone and song Build me on the rock of your word

I tried to brace the windows When the ocean pulled the nails I prayed to all my empty gifts To bargain with the gays

The floor gave way beneath my feet I reached for more of me But only you could hold me fast And set the footing free

I’ll write your truth on every beam Your name on every door So when the rain remembers us It finds a stronger flow

And if I ever love and send Forgetting how to stay Come call me back to higher ground And teach my heart to save

Not to Lord, Lord, in fair weather But here and do in storm together

Build me on the rock of your word Where storms break loud

But hearts hold firm When rivers rise And nights run long Keep this house

With a living stone and song Fill me on the rock of your world If love is only sand and shine Then let it learn your faithful time

If ears come knocking at the friend I’ll answer with your holy name The wind and waves still hear your voice We stand because you gave the choice

Build me on the rock of your word Where storms break loud

But hearts hold firm through every flood And final dawn Keep this house with living stone and song Build me on the rock

You’re the world