Benediction Road

Benediction, benediction road
Go well, go well, the road is blessed
Mm... benediction road
Mm... go well

You came in with your coat on
You stayed a little while
The room is getting quiet now
But I have one more thing, child
Take the bread from the table
Take the key from the hook
Take the name your mother gave you
Take the way you used to look
When you believed the door was wide
Take that child along with you
Take the light from the hallway
Take the hush that holds the rest
You don't have to be certain
You don't have to be strong
You only have to carry
What you came here to belong

Hamba kahle, hamba kahle
Allez en paix, allez en paix
I have said all I know to say
Now the road will say the rest
Go with your hands open
Go with your name in your mouth

This is the benediction road
Every step you take is blessed
This is the benediction road
Go well and go with rest

Mm... go well
Mm... hamba kahle
Mm... allez en paix
Mm... go well
Mm... hamba kahle

The hill is long and the night is longer
The plan comes apart in your hands
The road forgets your name
Remember the One who understands
He walked it first with nothing
No coat, no bread, no key
So go, and go in the open
With your hands unclenched and free
Say the little word I gave you
And the word will take you there
The hill has a name, and the name is Yours
The night has a door, and the door is wide
Go slow if you have to, go slow

Hamba kahle, hamba kahle
Allez en paix, allez en paix
I have said all I know to say
Now the road will say the rest

This is the benediction road
Every step you take is blessed
This is the benediction road
Go well and go with rest

Mm... go well
Mm... hamba kahle

And if you cannot find the way
Come back, come back, come back
The road is where I stay
Come back and tell me how it went
I'll be here, I'll be here
I'll be here

Go on now
The light is still on
Go on now, go on
The door is open, the road is wide
Go on, I will wait inside
Go on now

This is the benediction road
Every step we take is blessed
This is the benediction road
I was walked with all the rest

Mm... go well
Mm... hamba kahle
Mm... allez en paix
Mm... go well

Benediction, benediction road
Go well, go well, the road is blessed
Allez en paix
Mm... benediction road
Hamba kahle