Sometimes the hand is reaching out into the mist... Can’t touch it yet, but you know it’s there. Nothing happens by chance. Not the fall, not the rise. Keep your hands up. Keep reaching. [Verse 1] Sometimes I feel like I'm reaching for something I just can't grab Reaching past the heartache, past the stitches and the scab Got an inner sense of feeling, got a hunger in the chest It’s something I must have before my spirit lays to rest. At times I feel so close, like it's resting on my tongue Then it feels so far away, like the days when I was young. I sit and wonder quietly if it’s vanity and pride Who am I to say what’s moving deep on the inside? All I know is nothing happens just by accident or chance God is leading every step, you only have to take a glance. Look back across the valley, look at how He held the line Even through your wrongs, His mercy met you every time. Placed your feet upon the path where you truly belong Turning every broken season into a battle-tested song. [Chorus] (Drums drop in with heavy, soulful impact, choir backing harmonies rise) So I keep reaching out, reach up to the sky Through the valleys and the shadows where the weary cry! He’s shaping up our spirits just to glorify His name Showing He can heal the broken like He healed the lame. Never let your hands drop, never lose the light Keep on reaching through the struggle, keep on standing in the fight! [Verse 2] He will bring us through the furnace so that we can testify Give us deeper understanding just to hear Him magnified. And the more you battle through, the wiser that you grow Walking past the shadows that you used to fear below. Looking in the rearview, seeing how He steered the wheel Guiding every step before we knew that He was real. Leading from our youth, through the stumble and the grace Holding every burden when we couldn't run the race. This is something only witnessed by the power of our faith Knowing in the quiet that His arms were always safe. No matter how the enemy was plotting for the fall The hands that built the universe were standing through it all. [Chorus] So I keep reaching out, reach up to the sky Through the valleys and the shadows where the weary cry! He’s shaping up our spirits just to glorify His name Showing He can heal the broken like He healed the lame. Never let your hands drop, never lose the light Keep on reaching through the struggle, keep on standing in the fight! [Bridge] (Beat cuts out, solemn church piano and acoustic guitar build together) I guess all we have to do is just continue to reach... Maybe God is molding us so that we can teach. Molding every fracture, every tear upon the floor Opening the hinges on a brand new iron door. To the hospital halls, to the streets where people bleed, To the prisoner behind the bars crying for the seed— Every trial was a classroom, every scar became a sign: You are standing in the purpose of a sovereign design! [Outro] (Full soulful rhythm returns, triumphant and resolute) So we continue to grab, continue to endure Running toward the promise with a spirit that is pure. Striving through the fire, unbowed and alive Giving God all the glory for as long as we survive. Keep reaching... Keep your eyes on the promise... Still standing. (Organ chords and acoustic guitar fade out slowly)
