[Verse 1]
There is a calling
You've placed upon me
I've felt it all my life
Step out with both feet
Walk on the water
Leave my past behind
[Pre-Chorus]
I wanna follow
Follow Your heart
In the face of the unknown
I wanna trust You
Trust who You are
When I let go I'm halfway home
[Chorus]
Into the wild
It's time to dream like a child again
Into the wild
Letting go is where life begins
[Verse 2]
We're not so different
We're all just children
Under weathered skin
Forever searching
We're on a journey
Back to innocence
[Pre-Chorus]
So I will follow
Follow Your heart
In the face of the unknown
I will trust You
Trust who You are
When I let go I'm halfway home
[Chorus]
Into the wild
It's time to dream like a child again
Into the wild
Letting go is where life begins
Into the wild
It's time to dream like a child again
Into the wild
Letting go is where life begins
[Bridge]
Yeah I can see it now, see it now
Heaven is all around, all around
Yeah I can see it now, see it now
Heaven is all around
[Pre-Chorus]
As I follow
Follow Your heart
There's no fear of the unknown
So I trust You
Trust who You are
As I let go
I'm finally home
[Chorus]
Into the wild
It's time to dream like a child again
Into the wild
Letting go is where life begins
Into the wild
It's time to dream like a child again
Into the wild
Letting go is where life begins
[Outro]
Letting go is where life begins
Into The Wild
Song Meaning
Josh Baldwin opens "Into The Wild" naming a long-held sense of purpose before describing any actual step — "there is a calling You've placed upon me, I've felt it all my life" — and "step out with both feet, walk on the water" borrows Peter's own moment on the sea directly, pairing the water-walking image with an ordinary decision to leave the past behind.
"I wanna follow, follow Your heart, in the face of the unknown" repeats twice with only the verb tense changing, and "when I let go I'm halfway home" makes surrender itself the midpoint of the journey rather than its final cost. The title phrase, "into the wild, it's time to dream like a child again," reframes uncertainty as something closer to play than danger.
"We're not so different, we're all just children under weathered skin" widens the song from personal calling to shared condition, and "forever searching, we're on a journey back to innocence" names the destination as a return rather than a new place. "Yeah I can see it now, heaven is all around" closes the song's escalation with sight rather than another act of faith, and the final repeated line, "letting go is where life begins," ends on the same paradox the whole song has been building toward.