Andrew Peterson

All Shall Be Well

Andrew Peterson


We touched down on the sound 
At the top of the world 
In the land of the midnight sun 
Where the frozen river melts away 
And breaks into a run 
Into the sea, into the mighty waves 
That waited just to see it 
From a long way off that river thawed 
And the tide ran out to meet it 
"Welcome home, unfrozen river, welcome home" 

'Cause all shall be well, all shall be well 
Break the chains of the gates of Hell 
Still all manner of things will be well 

See the quiet hearts of the children of 
The children of this land 
They have stayed alive in the day-long night 
By the fires that warm their hands 
There is a wilderness inside them 
It is dark and thick and deep 
And beside the fire at the heart of that wood 
Is a precious missing sheep 
So go on in, hold your torch, let it shine 

'Cause all shall be well, all shall be well 
Break the chains of the gates of Hell 
Still all manner of things will be well 
All shall be well, all shall be well 
The Word of God will never fail 
And all manner of things will be well 

There's a light in the darkness 
There's an end to the night 

I saw the sun go down on a frozen ocean 
As the man in the moon was rising 
And he rode the night all full and bright 
With his face at the far horizon 
And the night can be so long, so long 
You think you'll never get up again 
But listen now, it's a mighty cloud of 
Witnesses around you-they say 
"Hold on, just hold on 
Hold on to the end 
And all shall be well"