Noah and the Ark (The Earth is Baptized)

An epic song about the Bible story of Noah and the Ark [Intro] In the beginning, the world had grown cold, A story of mercy is waiting, untold. [Verse 1] The earth was groaning under sin, Violence rising from within, Every thought, a darkened stain, Mankind drowning in its pain. God looked down with grieving eyes, Heard creation's mournful cries, Yet one man stood the storm before — A name remembered evermore. [Pre-Chorus] Noah walked a different way, Righteous still though all astray, Blameless in a wicked age, He became salvation's page. [Chorus] Oh, the waters rise to cleanse the earth, A baptism for a world's rebirth, Forty days the heavens weep, Washing sorrow to the deep, From the ashes of the old, A covenant of grace unfolds. [Verse 2] He preached repentance, called them home, "Turn from darkness, turn from stone," But laughter answered, hearts stayed hard, While he labored in his yard — By the power and word of God, Gopher wood from common sod Rose into a vessel grand, Built by faith, not human hand. [Verse 3] Two by two and seven by seven, Creatures called by hand of heaven, Clean and unclean, side by side, Sealed within on God's own tide. The door was shut, the rains drew near, Faith stood firm where once was fear, Noah's house, a chosen few, Carried forth in promise true. [Chorus] Oh, the waters rise to cleanse the earth, A baptism for a world's rebirth, Forty days the heavens weep, Washing sorrow to the deep, From the ashes of the old, A covenant of grace unfolds. [Bridge] Forty days and forty nights, Drowning darkness, dawning light, As the font of heaven poured, The earth itself was bathed and floored — Buried now beneath the wave, Like a soul within the grave, Rising someday clean and new, This the earth's baptism too. [Interlude] [Verse 4] Upon the waters, drifting slow, Noah's ark with nowhere to go, Months of silence, faith their guide, Trusting One who walked beside. Then a dove was sent to fly, Searching out a clearer sky, Returned at last with olive leaf — A sign of peace, an end to grief. [Chorus] Oh, the waters rise to cleanse the earth, A baptism for a world's rebirth, Forty days the heavens weep, Washing sorrow to the deep, From the ashes of the old, A covenant of grace unfolds. [Bridge 2] Then a bow of color spanned the sky, God's own promise, hung on high, Never more by flood to part, Sealed in covenant, sealed in heart. Every hue a vow held fast, Bridging future to the past, Mercy written cloud to cloud, Whispered soft, then sung aloud. [Outro] History remembers the ancient rain, Doctrine teaches the earth made plain — Being baptized is being born again To cleanse our hearts and hands from sin The moral remains for every age: Stand for truth upon the page, Though you stand alone, be not afraid, For the righteous will not go unrepaid.