Lyrics
Verse 1
This is the word of the Lord your creator
I am the God who stood before the world was framed
I am the first the last and everything between
I hold your future who could know these things but me
Don't fear I will be your song
Chorus
Sing sing
Oh barren Land
Water is coming to the thirsty
Though you are empty
I am the well
Draw from me I will provide
Verse 2
This is the word of the lord your creator
I stand from age to age the ancient of days
I am the holy one the fairest of ten thousand
And all who call upon my name they shall be saved
Don't fear I will be your song
Chorus (Repeat)
Bridge
I'm the river in the dessert pouring my spirit on the broken
Giving beauty for your ashes
Joy for your sadness heaven open
Vamp
Your making ways in the wilderness your making rivers in the desert
You are the way in the wilderness you are river in the desert
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Meaning & Inspiration
"The Isaiah Song" sets a first-person address from God directly to scripture, drawing heavily on the prophet Isaiah's language of comfort and restoration. The verses identify the speaker as the eternal creator, present before the world was formed and holding the future, before naming specific comfort meant for a barren, thirsty land: water is coming, and even emptiness can be met by drawing from an inexhaustible source. A second verse widens that identity further, naming God as the Holy One and the fairest among thousands, while promising salvation to anyone who calls on that name. The bridge and closing lines turn toward restoration, describing a river poured out in the desert, ashes exchanged for beauty, and sadness exchanged for joy, imagery drawn directly from a well-known Old Testament promise of reversal. Structurally the song alternates between God's voice speaking directly through the verses and a sung response calling the barren land to sing, framing worship as a reply to a promise already given rather than a request still being made.
Related Scripture
- Isaiah 43:19 Promises a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland, directly matching the song's closing lines.
- Isaiah 61:3 Promises beauty for ashes and joy for mourning, directly matching the bridge.
- John 4:14 Describes living water that satisfies thirst permanently, matching the lyric about water for the thirsty and empty.