Before the blaze before the line
The hush of space the breath of time
No ground to break
No sky to tame
Just waiting stillness
A silent claim
Then fire stirred behind the veil
A single word split nights entail
Darkness blinked as words were formed
From lips unseen the brightness poured
The waters hung in heavy air
Divided clean with sculptors care
Above and under vault stretched wide
A ceiling drawn from deep inside
The void was canvas His voice the way
He carved the edges of the day
Let there be
The sound before the sound
The shape behind the sea
Let there be
The voice that sets the ground
The blaze that births the tree
Let there be
And there was
And there is
And there will be
Then land emerged where none had stood
And seeds obeyed He called them good
The roots ran deep at His command
The earth awoke beneath His hand
He lit the choir of endless flame
Each note a star that bears His name
Hung the moon to kiss the tide
Told the sun when to abide
The sea grew fins
The sky grew wings
The oceans swelled with living things
Feathers danced where silence lay
Each breath a hymn each beat obeys
The beasts took form across the field
But none could grasp or dream or yield
So from the dust He shaped His breath
And woke the heart that outshines death
Let there be
The echo in the vein
The hunger to believe
Let there be
The fire in the clay
The breath that does not leave
Let there be
And there was
And there is
And there will be
Not beast not storm
Not flame not sea
But image drawn
To walk with Thee
And in His shape
The story waits
The seed of man
Where it began
Let there be
And there was
And there is
And there will be