I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I wait for the lord
My soul waits
I wait for the lord
I wait for the lord
My soul waits
I wait for the lord
In his word I place my trust
In his word I rest
In his word I place my trust
for I know I must wait
I wait for you lord
My soul waits
I wait for you lord
I wait for you lord
My soul my soul waits
Well I wait for you lord (woa yeah)
In your word I place my trust
In your word I rest
In your word I place my trust
For I know I must wait
Ohhh I must wait
Thou shal not live on bread alone
But by every word of God
I will not live by bread alone
But by every word (yeah)
I wait for the lord
My soul waits
Well I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
Well I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
Well I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
My soul waits
Will I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
Will I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
Will I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
Will I wait will I wait will I wait For you ( yeah yeah)
Will I wait will I wait will I wait For you ( yeah yeah)
Will I wait will I wait will I wait For you ( yeah yeah)
Will I wait will I wait will I wait For you ( yeah yeah)
I will wait
My soul waits
I wait for the lord
I wait for the lord
My soul waits
I wait for the lord
In his word I place my trust
In his word I rest
In his word I place my trust
for I know I must wait
I wait for you lord
My soul waits
I wait for you lord
I wait for you lord
My soul my soul waits
Well I wait for you lord (woa yeah)
In your word I place my trust
In your word I rest
In your word I place my trust
For I know I must wait
Ohhh I must wait
Thou shal not live on bread alone
But by every word of God
I will not live by bread alone
But by every word (yeah)
I wait for the lord
My soul waits
Well I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
Well I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
Well I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
My soul waits
Will I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
Will I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
Will I wait for the lord
Well my soul my soul waits
Will I wait will I wait will I wait For you ( yeah yeah)
Will I wait will I wait will I wait For you ( yeah yeah)
Will I wait will I wait will I wait For you ( yeah yeah)
Will I wait will I wait will I wait For you ( yeah yeah)
I will wait
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