Verse 1] Jacob laid his idols down By the oak at Shechem’s edge, Washed the dust from all his days And crossed another ledge. God of Bethel met him there In the hush before the dawn, Changed the name he carried still Like a bell rung soft and gone. Rachel cried beneath the stars, The road wouldn’t let her stay, Benjamin was born in blood As the light gave way to gray. They stacked a stone beside the trail, Didn’t carve it, didn’t boast, Just a marker where the living Said goodbye to what they loved the most. [Chorus] I’m walking where the fault lines run, Where the faithful learn to bend, Every blessing leaves a shadow, Every ending’s got a friend. If the ground gives way beneath us And the sky won’t tell the truth, I’ll put my trust in higher ground And the slow, strange dreams of youth. [Verse 2] Joseph wore a thousand colors In a land of dust and tan, Dreamed the sun and moon were bowing To a barefoot boy of man. Brothers heard the future talking And it sounded like a lie, So they dug a hole for daylight And they tossed him to the sky. Silver changed hands in the desert, Blood on fabric told the tale, Father tore his coat to pieces Cried into the wailing gale. But the wheels were already turning Far beyond their jealous schemes, There’s a deeper law than hatred Working overtime in dreams. [Chorus] I’m walking where the fault lines run, Where the faithful learn to bend, Every blessing leaves a shadow, Every ending’s got a friend. If the ground gives way beneath us And the sky won’t tell the truth, I’ll put my trust in higher ground And the slow, strange dreams of youth. [Bridge] The wicked bend their arrows low, String them in the dark, But the Lord is in His temple still Reading every heart. Foundations shake, the righteous ask, “What’s left for us to do?” The answer hums like desert wind: Stand still and see it through. [Verse 3] Joseph rode a trader’s shadow Down to Egypt, chained but breathing, Every step a question mark, Every silence softly seething. What was meant to break a brother Was a door he hadn’t seen, History don’t move in straight lines It moves crooked, slow, and clean. Meanwhile back where fathers waited With their prayers and folded hands, Truth lay buried under stories Like a river under sand. But nothing’s lost forever That the Maker wants to keep, Some seeds are sown in midnight Just to wake the world from sleep. [Final Chorus] I’m walking where the fault lines run, Where the faithful learn to bend, Every blessing leaves a shadow, Every ending’s got a friend. Though the wicked test the righteous And the night outshouts the truth, I’ll put my trust in higher ground And the slow, strange dreams of youth. [Outro] So stack a stone where love fell quiet, Let the coat be torn and sold, What looks like loss from where we stand May be mercy dressed in gold. The road goes on past broken plans, Past the lion and the pit, If the Lord is watching hearts tonight, I’m gonna keep on walking in it.
