[Verse 1] Well Esau came in burning red, Dust on his boots and fire in his head, And Jacob stirred a pot that smelled like Thunder in the rain. One brother traded hunger pains For stories carved in ancient veins, And the road bent strange beneath them Like a serpent in the grain. [Chorus] Oh, who are we that You remember, Windblown wanderers in the night? Yet the moon hangs low in silver, And the stars lean close with light. If the heavens sing forever, Let me hum the tune again— Found a stairway through the desert wind, And I’m climbin’ where it bends. [Verse 2] A blessing stolen in the dark, A trembling voice, a broken heart, While Esau’s cry rose bitter As a storm that has no name. Jacob took off runnin’ toward A land of strangers, dreams, and chords, And the sunset painted warnings On the edges of the plain. [Chorus] Oh, who are we that You remember, Windblown wanderers in the night? Yet the moon hangs low in silver, And the stars lean close with light. If the heavens sing forever, Let me hum their tune again— Found a stairway through the desert wind, And I’m climbin’ where it bends. [Bridge] Lay your head on a stone for a pillow, Let the angels sing above— Golden rungs in a trembling halo, Every rung a breath of love. And he woke with the dawn still burning, Said, “Surely this place is known.” You can lose yourself while learning And still find your way back home. [Verse 3] Well Laban’s fields were wide and green, A place to heal, a place between Where heartbreak hums and hope gets carved In letters in the sky. But Jacob still felt thunder roll From all the choices of his soul, And the ladder kept on calling As the years kept passing by. [Final Chorus] Oh, who are we that You remember, Windblown wanderers in the night? Yet the moon hangs low in silver, And the stars lean close with light. If the heavens sing forever, Let me hum their tune again— Found a stairway through the desert wind, And I’m climbin’ where it bends. Yeah, the stairway through the desert wind, Still climbin’ where it bends.
