This Was Once A Passing Thing

This Was Once A Passing Thing

This was once a passing thing

But it blossomed full one spring

Now it cannot help but grow

Becoming all we children know

To be so pleasant and so pure

Living through what we endure

Takes a certain kind of love

A reliance on a god above

Abashed by cutting whispered words

Uttered on what had occurred

We hid our hearts to save from pain

Ushering in the gentle rain

That persists throughout the night

They sought to stifle out our light

This was once a passing thing

A short refrain we used to sing

Whisked away on restless streams

Like dreams the dreamer never dreams

A crazy few who dared to hope

Will be the ones to hold the rope

While evil tries to disembark

Frequencies to which we hark

Begin to sound the Holy Tone

The gift of all that we have known

Since the days when we began

To carry out our master's plan

We have survived the rainy night

We can reignite the light

This was once a passing thing

Listen close for freedom's ring

Cherish now that hallowed sound

Let your joyous pride abound

For while the war was nearly lost

And many paid the highest cost

The victory we've won ensures

That this spark of life endures

To guide the hand that turns the page

We're witness to a golden age

Together now unite as one

Our history has just begun

Ending is the darkest night

We are servants of the light

This was once a passing thing

But it blossomed full one spring

A short refrain we used to sing

Listen close for freedom’s ring

This was once a passing thing