Lyrics
Verse 1
On a Sunday evening I'm
looking back over all the years
and where I've been
Looking at old photographs
I'm remember
You were right there,
and You have been ever since
With every page that turns
I see Your faithfulness
Chorus
Oh the mountain where I climbed
The valley where I fell
You were there all along
That's the story I'll tell
You brought the pieces together
Made me this storyteller
Now I know it is well, it is well
That's the story I'll tell
Verse 2
There were some nights that felt like
They would last forever
But You kept me breathing
You were with me right then
And all that You have done for me
I could never hold it in
So here's to me telling this story
Over and over again
Chorus
Oh the mountain where I climbed
The valley where I fell
You were there all along
That's the story I'll tell
You brought the pieces together
Made me this storyteller
Now I know it is well, it is well
That's the story I'll tell
Bridge
You hold the broken
You hear my every cry, every cry
My eyes are open
I know that it is well, it is well
Chorus
Oh the mountain where I climbed
The valley where I fell
You were there all along
That's the story I'll tell
You brought the pieces together
Made me this storyteller
Now I know it is well, it is well
That's the story I'll tell
For years and years and years I'll tell
That's the story I'll tell
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Meaning & Inspiration
The song is a testimony written as a look back through old photographs on a Sunday evening. Each page recalls that God was present throughout, and the singer says "With every page that turns, I see Your faithfulness." The chorus sets "The mountain where I climbed" beside "The valley where I fell" and states that "You were there all along."
The title becomes a calling in the line "Made me this storyteller." Even the nights that "felt like they would last forever" are retold as times when God "kept me breathing," and the gratitude is too large to keep quiet. The bridge adds that God holds the broken and hears every cry, and the closing lines promise to keep telling the story "For years and years and years."
Psalm 107:2 asks the redeemed to say so, Psalm 23:4 speaks of company in the darkest valley, and Psalm 78:4 describes passing on the works of the Lord to the next generation.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 107:2 The redeemed of the Lord are told to say so.
- Psalm 23:4 God is present with His people in the darkest valley.
- Psalm 78:4 The praiseworthy deeds of the Lord are told to the next generation.