The Lesson in the Quiet Hall

Verse 1

The lord sat me down in the quiet hall

Twelve years old and shaking from the fall

Told me stories of a road that bends

Told me grace is where the hurting ends

Pre-Chorus

I was crying in the corner

You knelt down beside my name

You said child you're not a burden

So I let the tears go where they came

Chorus

Come on stop your cryin it will be alright

Just take my hand and hold it tight

I will guard you from what circles all around

I will be here don't you cry now

Post-Chorus

(Hold it tight) Hold it tight

(Don't you cry) Don't you cry

(Hold it tight) Hold it tight

I will be here don't you cry now

Verse 2

Fingers small but the promise grew

Every wound became a window too

Koga learned to kneel and Koga learned to stand

Faith is a ledger that an open hand

Pre-Chorus

And the lesson never left me

Every season every storm

Somebody whispered something braver

And it kept my spirit warm

Chorus

Come on stop your cryin it will be alright

Just take my hand and hold it tight

I will guard you from what circles all around

I will be here don't you cry now

Post-Chorus

(Hold it tight) Hold it tight

(Don't you cry) Don't you cry

(Hold it tight) Hold it tight

I will be here don't you cry now

Bridge

Violins rising in a holy room

I was the orphan I was the wound

Now I'm the hand that reaches for the young

Passing the promise that I was given once

Verse 3

Rap:

Steady through the valley where the shadows lean

I keep a lantern and a living King

I was told to hold on and I held on

Now the same voice is a battle song

Through the fire through the flood

Every drop of doubt became a brother's blood

So I lift my hands and I testify

The lord never left me he never lied

Chorus

Come on stop your cryin it will be alright

Just take my hand and hold it tight

I will guard you from what circles all around

I will be here don't you cry now

Post-Chorus

(Hold it tight) Hold it tight

(Don't you cry) Don't you cry

(Hold it tight) Hold it tight

I will be here don't you cry now