China Chilichonse
Write a powerful gospel-inspired worldbeat song about divine provision, protection, and family. Use lead vocals, choir, electric piano, percussion, strings, and bass. Energetic call-and-response with a thankful, triumphant tone.
Lyrics
[Verse]
The dust was settled on the dry and cracked ravine
I walked a crooked mile where the hunger had been seen
My father held the lantern through the thick and heavy night
He said the mountain cannot block the coming of the light
We gathered round the table when the harvest moon was high
Beneath the watchful mercy of an open, endless sky
[Verse]
My sister found a clover in the middle of the stones
A simple little promise to the marrow in our bones
The river rose in anger but the banks held back the tide
Because a stronger hand was waiting right there by our side
We built a fire sturdy and we kept the embers fed
With every grain of comfort and every loaf of bread
[Chorus]
Oh lift the chorus higher till it rattles every pane
The rain will wash the sorrow and the sun will dry the rain
A shelter built of iron forged in kindness and in grace
We walk the path together in this holy, hallowed place
The table’s overflowing, the cup is running deep
There is a watchful shepherd while the tired children sleep
[Verse]
The road is long and winding like a snake upon the sand
But every footprint settles in the hollow of His hand
I saw my brother working till his knuckles turned to white
He never lost the vision or the burning of the fight
We carry all the burdens that the ancestors have known
And plant the future garden with the seeds that we have sown
[Verse]
The electric humming wire plays a song beneath the floor
While shadows stretch like giants right outside the heavy door
They cannot find the entrance to the fortress of our kin
For there is too much warmth and too much laughter tucked within
The rhythm of the beating heart is thrumming in the clay
We are the living legacy that will not drift away
[Chorus]
Oh lift the chorus higher till it rattles every pane
The rain will wash the sorrow and the sun will dry the rain
A shelter built of iron forged in kindness and in grace
We walk the path together in this holy, hallowed place
The table’s overflowing, the cup is running deep
There is a watchful shepherd while the tired children sleep
[Chorus]
Oh lift the chorus higher till it rattles every pane
The rain will wash the sorrow and the sun will dry the rain
A shelter built of iron forged in kindness and in grace
We walk the path together in this holy, hallowed place
The table’s overflowing, the cup is running deep
There is a watchful shepherd while the tired children sleep