Verse 1 Spent years in the furnace, sleeping next to fear, felt the weight of every failure whisper, “You won’t make it here.”[youtube +1] Dreams turned into ashes, plans burned to the ground, standing in the smoke, I thought I’d never turn it around.[youtube +1] Verse 2 But every time the flames rose higher, something in me wouldn’t break, learned the language of surrender, learned the courage it would take.[worshiponline +1] I was pressed and I was tested, I was stripped of all my pride, ’til the only thing left standing was my soul and stubborn life.[open.spotify +1] Pre-Chorus Now I see the fire wasn’t sent to kill my name, it was there to melt the chains and forge me in the flame.[youtube +1] Chorus Now it’s harvest after fire, after all those sleepless nights.[holysojourners +1] What I planted in the darkness, I’m collecting in the light.[thepioneerwoman +1] Every tear that hit the soil, every “no” and every loss, was a seed beneath the surface that is breaking through the frost.[grizzlyrose +1] I’ve been tempered, I’ve been tried, I’m still standing, still alive— now it’s harvest after fire.[open.spotify +1] Verse 3 Spent years asking “What’s the reason?” with my face against the ground, till I realized in the struggle that my purpose had been found.[youtube +1] Now I walk back through the places that once nearly took me out, with my hands full of compassion and a voice that’s learned to shout.[holysojourners +1] Pre-Chorus ’Cause if the pain was just for me, then what was all the pain for? I was never meant to keep this—this is overflow to pour.[lyricsondemand +1] Chorus Now it’s harvest after fire, and the fields are turning gold.[thepioneerwoman +1] What was heavy on my shoulders has become the strength I hold.[youtube +1] I will love like I was rescued, I will give like I’ve been spared, I will tell the ones still burning there’s a season coming there.[worshiponline +1] I’ve been tempered, I’ve been tried, I’m still standing, still alive— now it’s harvest after fire.[youtube +1] Bridge This is for the ones in winter who can’t see the coming spring, for the hearts that feel forgotten in the middle of their grief.[youtube +1] Hold on to the hand that held you when the flames were at your feet, one day you’ll look back and whisper, “Every trial watered me.”[worshiponline +1] Final Chorus Now it’s harvest after fire, I’m done hiding from my scars.[holysojourners +1] They’re the proof that I survived it, they’re the map to where you are.[seventeen +1] I was planted in the shadows, but I’m rising in the sun, and the love I’m spreading now comes from everything I’ve done.[thepioneerwoman +1] I’ve been tempered, I’ve been tried, I’m still standing, still alive— now it’s harvest after fire.[youtube +1] Outro The season of just sowing has given way to open skies, now the reason for my journey is to help you rise.

The Harvest after the Fire