Road in the Night

I stood at the edge of the darkness,
Right where the map just turned to black.
Every voice had given counsel,
But not one counsel brought me back.
There was no path where I was standing,
Not a single lamp or star in sight,
But the God who never slumbers
Was already building light —
Carving through the silent mountain
Where I swore there was no road at all.

When the day gives up its color
And the way is out of sight,
You are laying a road in the night:

You make a road in the night (a road),
A dawn breaking into the dark.
When my eyes can't find the way,
You are working while I sleep.

The night became a road (a road),
The night became a road.
Where there was no way of walking,
The night became a road.

I have watched You in the wilderness
Turn a hard dead end into a door.
You give a morning to the mourning,
Give a homeland to the far.
You have lit the unlit mountain,
You have paved the unmarked floor.
So I'll trust You in the shadow
When I cannot trace Your steps —
You have never lost a single traveler,
You have always kept the plan.

For the mother crossing water (make a road),
For the migrant at the border (make a road),
For the student far from home now (make a road),
For the widow by the window (make a road).
Where the well has turned to dust, Lord,
Where the seed is under stone,
You are not lost in the darkness —
You are building what's unknown.

From the little village to the city,
From the mountain to the sea,
There is not one single darkness
Where You cannot set me free.
So the church in every language
Lifts one heart and one refrain:
The God who made a road for others
Makes a road for me again.

You make a road in the night (a road),
A dawn breaking into the dark.
When my eyes can't find the way —
The night became a road.

A road in the night (a road),
A bright morning in my sight.
Faithful God, faithful God,
The night became a road.