Helene

Oh, our God has brought us Through the many waters He has saved and bought us All his sons and daughters Though the storm may prevail He has faithfully got us Oh, our God has brought us Through the many waters No one could anticipate all the ways The rain could damage everything in just two days The lights went out and the water went bad And some people lost everything that they had A house slid down into the middle of the road Surround that house with a million traffic cones We called 9-1-1 and 9-1-1 got washed away Some of us will go, and the rest of us will stay But The love, the love, the love is real They can't tell who belongs with who Because we all belong here Look up to the skies And know that you are not alone Because Helene can flood our houses But she'll never take our home Helene, Helene, oh Helene The largest batch of water Appalachia's ever seen Look up to the skies and know that you are not alone Because Helene can flood our houses but she'll never take our home, our home The trees have fallen and some folks are leaving town The government has left us all to swim or drown Sun still shines on the mountain and I start to choke How is the world so beautiful and yet so broke 6 o'clock this morning someone slipped off of the road Surround that place with a million traffic cones Floating down the river I can see a pickup truck The remnants of the road are underneath four feet of muck But The love, the love, the love is real They can't tell who belongs with who Because we all belong here Look up to the skies And know that you are not alone Because Helene can flood our houses But she'll never take our home Helene, Helene, oh Helene The largest batch of water Appalachia's ever seen Look up to the skies and know that you are not alone Because Helene can flood our houses but she'll never take our home, our home Put up a tent city in the middle of nowhere This town has never held so many homeless Sun still shines on the mountain and I start to choke How is the world so beautiful and yet so broke The creek came up but we will rebuild the road Surround ourselves with a million traffic cones People give so much it almost overflows Which shows us that this place is not our home The love, the love, the love is real They can't tell who belongs with who Because we all belong here Look up to the skies And know that you are not alone Because Helene can flood our houses But she'll never take our home Helene, Helene, oh Helene The largest batch of water Appalachia's ever seen Look up to the skies and know that you are not alone Because Helene can flood our houses but she'll never take our home, our home On this ruined ground we stand Heart in heart and hand in hand On this ruined ground we stand Knowing that you are our Promised Land