BEFORE THE RAIN

VERSE 1 No cloud. No warning. Just a word and a plan. Cut the wood. Count the cubits. Then start it again. Every morning the same sky, Blue as the day before. And I'm swinging this hammer For a voice I can't ignore. CHORUS So I'll build before the rain. I'll build before I see. I'll build before it makes sense, 'Cause it's God I believe. Not a sign. Not a drop. Just Your word, and that's enough. God of the promise, I'll take You at Your word, Before the rain. VERSE 2 They watched me for years, And they laughed all the same. Just a man and his sons And a shape with no name. I had nothing to show them. Not a cloud. Not a sign. Just a word I'd been given And I knew it was mine. CHORUS So I'll build before the rain. I'll build before I see. I'll build before it makes sense, 'Cause it's God I believe. Not a sign. Not a drop. Just Your word, and that's enough. God of the promise, I'll take You at Your word, Before the rain. BRIDGE 1 It says it four times over: He did all he was told. Not "he argued." Not "he asked." Not "he waited for more." He did it. Then he did it again. For one hundred and twenty years God shut the door. And the rain then appeared. BRIDGE 2 So I'll do what You said On the day that You said it. I'll keep swinging this hammer When there's nothing in the sky. Before the healing. Before the answer. Before the door opens. Before I understand. Faith is not a feeling. Faith is wood in my hands. Faith is what I keep building When I don't understand. Before the rain. Before the rain. FINAL CHORUS I'll build before the rain. I'll build before I see. I'll build before it makes sense, 'Cause it's God I believe. Not a sign. Not a drop. Just Your word, and that's enough. God of the promise, I'll take You at Your word, Before the rain. Before the rain.