Lyrics
Verse 1
When it feels like the dark
Lingers longer than the night
When the shadows feel like giants
Are You chasing me down
Verse 2
Tell me where could I run
From Your light
Where could I hide
Hemmed within Your precious thoughts
There’s no hiding from Your love
Chorus 1
Highs and lows
Lord You’re with me either way it goes
Should I rise or should I fall
Even so
Lord Your mercy is an even flow
You’re too good to let me go
Verse 3
Should I dance on the heights
Or make my bed among the depths
Your mercy waits at every end
Like You planned it from the start
Verse 4
Should the dawn come with wings
Or find me far-side of the sea
There Your hand still fastens me
Ever closer to Your heart
Chorus 2
Highs and lows
Lord You’re with me either way it goes
Should I rise or should I fall
Even so
Lord Your mercy is an even flow
Should I rise or should I fall
You are faithful through it all
You’re too good to let me go
Chorus 3
Highs and lows
You surround me either way it goes
Should I rise or should I fall
Lord You’re with me through it all
Highs and lows
In the rhythms of Your grace I know
Should I rise or should I fall
You are faithful through it all
And You’re too good to let me go
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Meaning & Inspiration
This song reflects on the constant presence of God in both good and hard times. It begins in a place of fear, where "the shadows feel like giants," and then asks "Tell me where could I run from Your light." The question is answered by the rest of the lyrics, which describe a God from whom nobody can hide and who has no wish to let go.
Much of the second half borrows pictures that closely follow Psalm 139. Dancing on the heights, making a bed among the depths, and taking wings with the dawn all appear in the verses, and each ends with the same assurance that His hand still holds the singer. The chorus keeps the focus on mercy that stays level whether life rises or falls.
The closing choruses grow more confident, moving from "Lord You're with me either way it goes" to "You are faithful through it all." The lyrics read as a prayer for steady trust when circumstances swing between joy and struggle.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 139:7-10 The psalm asks where one can flee from God and says His hand holds even at the far side of the sea.
- Lamentations 3:22-23 God’s mercies are described as renewed and faithful, matching the chorus on mercy that never runs out.