Hold fast! Hold on! 1763, a preacher in the storm Found a crack in the rock, kept his body warm Wrote it down as a hymn, wrote it down as a prayer "Let me hide myself in Thee" - nowhere else, nowhere A hundred years on it became a painted scene A woman on the rocks, the wildest sea you've seen Sailors took the image, put it under their skin Said no man would whip the face of him ROCK OF AGES! (hold on!) Cleft for me, cleft for me! ROCK OF AGES! (hold on!) When the whole world's out at sea! Ship went under, every hand was lost Except the one who paid the cost Clung to the stone while the waves came in Said "I'm not done, I'm not done, I'm not done, not yet, not then" WHAT DO YOU HOLD WHEN THE SHIP GOES DOWN?! (THE ROCK! THE ROCK!) WHAT KEEPS YOU UP WHEN YOU THINK YOU'LL DROWN?! (THE ROCK! THE ROCK!) WHAT'S CARVED ON MY ARM WHEN THE STORM COMES ROUND?! (THE ROCK, THE ROCK, THE ROCK!) ROCK OF AGES! (hold on! hold on!) Cleft for me, cleft for me! ROCK OF AGES! (oh-oh-oh!) When the whole world's out at sea! Not for heaven, not for hell Just a stone that held me when I fell ROCK OF AGES! (hold on!) Cleft for me! No ship's promised, no calm sea Just a rock, and a hand, and a chance to be Whatever's coming, whatever the cost I'm not letting go, I'm not getting lost ROCK OF AGES! (hold on! hold on!) Cleft for me, cleft for me! ROCK OF AGES! When the whole world's out at sea! Every wave, every storm, every gale Every ship that's ever failed to sail ROCK OF AGES! (hold on!) I'm still here! I'm still here! ROCK OF AGES! (hold on!) Cleft for me! Hold fast! (HOLD ON!) Hold fast! (HOLD ON!) One more wave one more storm still holding on
