The Rock Where You Stand

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I remember the days of your lucid love, gentle hands and a faith lifted up. You raised up your children, stood true and so strong, held fast to Jehovah all along. Now you look through me, searching the room, for a face you once knew in the haze of the gloom. [Chorus] You're here, but you're not here — I'm losing you slow, you're right in this room, but I've nowhere to go. I cherish each moment, each smile breaking through, your hand's in my hand, but I'm aching for you. Still I'm right here beside you, through joy and through fire, I'll love you the way that Jehovah requires. [Verse 2] You smile like you're greeting a kind stranger's eyes, and you don't know it's me, so I swallow my cries. Then you whisper so softly, so gentle, so kind, "My daughter would love you, I know in my mind." Oh Paulette, sweet mama, if only you knew, the daughter you're missing is right here with you. [Chorus] You're here, but you're not here — I'm losing you slow, you're right in this room, but I've nowhere to go. I cherish each moment, each smile breaking through, your hand's in my hand, but I'm aching for you. [Bridge] The One you held fast to is holding you still, through every lost moment, He never will fail. There's a promise of morning where nothing is lost, where you'll know my face fully, remember it all. [Verse 3] Paulette, the love that you gave still shines in your face, beneath all the haze, I can feel your embrace. A name, then a memory may slip from your view, but nothing can take what you poured into me. [Outro] I'm your daughter, your daughter — and oh, how I smile. Thank you, sweet Paulette — I'm not letting go.