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Peace Be Still

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Song Meaning

Hope Darst and The Belonging Co take their title and central image directly from the moment in Mark's Gospel where Jesus wakes in a boat during a storm and speaks two words to the wind and waves: peace, be still. "Peace Be Still" borrows that exact command as its chorus, but shifts the scene from the disciples' boat to whatever storm the singer is currently facing — anxiety treated as weather, something loud and threatening but ultimately answerable to the same voice. "Set my feet upon the sea" reaches for a different water story, Peter stepping out of his own boat to walk toward Jesus on water that shouldn't have held him, an image of trust that goes past merely surviving the storm into moving through it. The verses insist on a decision rather than a feeling — "I don't want to be afraid," repeated like a resolution being made in real time, not a fear already resolved. The bridge, "let faith rise up," treats faith as something that has to be actively raised rather than something automatically present once the waves calm down.

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[Verse 1]

I don't want to be afraid

Every time I face the waves

I don't want to be afraid

I don't want to fear the storm

Just because I hear it roar

I don't want to fear the storm

[Chorus]

Peace be still

Say the word and I will

Set my feet upon the sea

Till I'm dancing in the deep

Oh, peace be still

You are here so it is well

Even when my eyes can't see

I will trust the voice that speaks

[Verse 2]

I'm not gonna be afraid

'Cause these waves are only waves

Oh, I'm not gonna be afraid

I'm not gonna be afraid

I'm not gonna fear the storm

You are greater than its roar

I'm not gonna fear the storm

Oh, I'm not gonna fear at all, yeah

[Chorus]

Peace be still

Say the word and I will

Set my feet upon the sea

Till I'm dancing in the deep, oh

Peace be still

You are here so it is well

Even when my eyes can't see

I will trust the voice that speaks

Peace, peace, yes

Over me, yeah

Oh Jesus, let Your peace calm them

Oo-ooh, ooh

[Bridge]

Let faith rise up

Oh heart believe

Let faith rise up in me

Let faith rise up

Oh heart believe

Let faith rise up in me

Let faith rise up

Oh heart believe

Let faith rise up in me, oh-ooh

Let faith rise up

Oh heart believe

Let faith rise up in me, yeah

[Chorus]

Peace be still

Say the word and I will

Set my feet upon the sea

Till I'm dancing in the deep, Lord

Peace be still

You are here so it is well

Even when my eyes can't see

I will trust the voice that speaks

Peace, peace, yes

Over me, yes Jesus

Oh, peace, peace, Lord

Over me, yeah, yeah

[Spontaneous]

Lord Jesus

You're the God of peace, Jesus

Ooh-ooh

You're our peace in the storm

You're righting every wrong, Jesus

Oh yeah, we receive it, we receive it

Oh, let the peace come and wash over all the kneelers

Oh-oh, ah

We press into you

Oh Jesus, You make our hearts stay calm

'Cause You increase the strength of Your children, ooh

[Bridge]

So let faith rise up

Oh heart believe

Let faith rise up in me

It's our prayer tonight

Let faith rise up

Oh heart believe

Let faith rise up in me

One more time, again

Let faith rise up

Oh heart believe it

Let faith rise up in me

Oh let faith rise up

Oh heart believe it

Let faith rise up in me, yeah

[Chorus]

Oh peace be still

Say the word and I will

Set my feet upon the sea

Till I'm dancing in the deep, Lord

Peace be still

You are here so it is well

Even when my eyes can't see

I will trust the voice that speaks

Peace, peace, yes

Over me, yeah

Peace, Jesus, peace, yes

Over me, yeah

[Outro]

Hallelujah

You bring peace, Jesus

Yeah, yeah, oh

Let it wash over you

Let it wash over you and I

Peace Be Still

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