Out of Ashes

In the aftermath Of a forest fire As we gaze upon the blackened land Of the mountainside Oh it's hard to understand What has happened to the land What once was green Will never be again And the rain that falls From over head That would feed the flowers and the trees Causes mudslides instead Oh it's hard to comprehend Why this beauty has to end For the living forest Seems to be dead But out of ashes The mountainside will live again Out of ashes The forest will grow Though it's painful to see That things will never be the same Look around and you'll find What's about to unwind It will take some time For the grass and scrubs and pine To reveal their grand design And reach for the sky Then soon you will learn That beauty returns And out of ashes The forest will rise When the shadows come When the darkness falls When it seems that nothing in your world Is going right at all You look away and just pretend That things are just as you intend But you wonder if You'll ever smile again When the rain that falls From over head Seems to wash away your hopes and dreams And brings you sorrows instead Oh it's hard to carry on When you're barely holding on But the winds of change are coming with the dawn For out of ashes The sun begins to shine again Out of ashes Things start to change And it may be our journeys Turned out different than we planned But in time we will see What's beginning to be It will take some time For the feelings to unwind 'Til we'll see our grand design and Reach for the sky Then soon we will learn That beauty returns And like the forest We begin to rise Through sorrows and trials As we reach for the sky Out of ashes We will rise!