Story Behind The Song

I went back to drive through the painful places of my childhood and realized that even the bad things happened for a reason and that looking back, I had been kept safe and made whole over the years.

Song Description

Remember when your parents would say, "Time will tell," almost as a threat? When I reflected on the experiences of my life, I realized that time had come to tell, but the story was one of light and love.

Lyrics

1. The last time I looked at these mountains, the peaks and the crags were too high
The paths through the crests just a whisper, and fears that I could not deny
And I wept at the deep desolation in that land of perpetual ice
A sorrowful scene that was etched on my heart by forces I could not defy

That was then, this is now, and everything's different somehow
Time not only came to tell, it has carried me forward , rocking me gently,
wrapped in a blinding light

2. The last time I looked at this river, so swift and so wild and so deep
Flooded with torrents of tearfall, winding its way to the sea
And the rapids that hid 'round the corners of every surprising new turn
Swept me along, I was floundering, tossed like some helpless debris

That was then, this is now, and everything's different somehow
Time not only came to tell, it has carried me forward , rocking me gently,
wrapped in a blinding light

3. The last time I looked at this valley, the steepness of sharp mountainside
Continually bathed in the darkness, a pathway entangled by night
And I felt my way through the confusion, tangled in twisted with doubt
Not knowing a future awaited, conceived and surrounded by light

That was then, this is now, and everything's different somehow
Time not only came to tell, it has carried me forward , rocking me gently,
wrapped in a blinding light
Time not only came to tell , it has carried me forward , rocking me gently,
wrapped in a blinding light