Igneous Rock

Verse 1
Born of heat and iron-forged,
Made to last the long, long haul,
At every moment igneous rocks
Seem to rise and make their call.

Standing firm through endless ages,
They have something they can teach:
The meaning of independence,
Standing strong and standing free.

Chorus
Like the wind, the fire, the sun,
Taking no guff from anyone,
Igneous rocks endure unchanged,
While the world around them rearranges.
Molten-born and standing free,
Following their destiny,
Through a billion years of time,
They remain what God designed.

Verse 2
God insisted molten-born chunks
Should be independent, free,
In their billion-year-old journey,
In their ancient destiny.
Not pretending to be something
They were never meant to be,
They remain forever faithful
To their own identity.

Chorus
Like the wind, the fire, the sun,
Taking no guff from anyone,
Igneous rocks endure unchanged,
While the world around them rearranges.
Molten-born and standing free,
Following their destiny,
Through a billion years of time,
They remain what God designed.

Verse 3
They resist the shining prestige
Of a grand, petrified tree;
Forever implacable stones
Are what they were born to be.
Try to change them in some measure,
Try to change them any degree—
To change the very thing they are
Would destroy their identity.

Bridge
The wind keeps blowing as the wind,
The fire keeps burning bright,
The sun keeps shining as the sun
Through every day and night.
And maybe there's a lesson there
For every one of us:
Know the things that make you you,
And stand for what you must.

Final Chorus
Like the wind, the fire, the sun,
Taking no guff from anyone,
Igneous rocks endure unchanged,
Outrunning us through endless days.
Molten-born and standing free,
Following their destiny,
Being only what they are—
Like an old igneous rock.

Outro
Born of heat and iron-forged,
Made to last the long, long haul—
We can learn a lot from an igneous rock:
Stand firm. Be true. Stand tall.