The Freedom of the Song

If the song ever stops Or the music fades away If the maestro drops his arms And the band doesn't play When the rhyme doesn't listen And no one hums along Could you breathe without the freedom of a song . Would the earth cease to spin Would the ocean cease to swim If the children couldn't sing The sonnet of innocent refrain If something stole your melody Took away what you could not see Could you live without the freedom of a song . When the lines wouldn't flow When the psalmist ceased to know If the stars in the heavens Failed to reach the note Could you listen Without the freedom of a song . If the harmony went dark If the North Star missed its mark And the sun fell out of time If the moon refused to rise What would you see without the freedom of a song . If the Red Sea didn't part Or David never played his harp Or the temple curtain wasn't torn Or there was no crown of thorns Could we have ever sang oh Lord how great Thou art . It's been there all along The flowing tempo of the song The universe agrees One majestic symphony From a place and time we cannot fathom Eternity still keeps the beat I can feel I can taste and I can see I can hear and I can sing of freedom in the song!