forty days and forty nights

one day i read your story
and met a man named Noah
and learned about how you promised him
forty days and forty nights

forty days and forty nights
of floods
forty days and forty nights
of imprisonment in an ark

and there was nothing he could do.

he must have been afraid
he must have been impatient
he must have wondered
what made him deserve this predicament

forty days and forty nights
of darkness
forty days and forty nights
of riding roller coaster waves

and there was nothing he could do.

yet your promise
he kept in his heart
he knew how much
you loved him

he didn't hesitate
to follow your instructions
he didn't hesitate
to trust in you

for he knew that you would save him.

forty days and forty nights
you whispered that this would someday end
forty days and forty nights
you comforted him in your arms

forty days and forty nights
he one day peeked through the ark's cracks
forty days and forty nights
and saw your gift of rainbow

he knew forty days and forty nights
he knew those days would end
he knew those days would end.