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Beyond The Blue
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Sep 16, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Josh Garrels frames faith as a voyage past the limits of sight, opening with a shoreline where the singer stands before something unseen yet already dwelling inside. The natural eye only skims the surface, but the heart's eye drops anchor and plumbs the space between the tangible world and the land of dreams, insisting that a beggar might be a king beneath the shadow of a wing. From there the song turns toward wisdom — listening, loving, praying, doing right even when it burns — and toward the sailor's discipline of throwing selfish concerns overboard, since some returns only come by letting the winds carry you. A second movement breaks like dawn: yellow and gold, a bride unveiled at last, dancing and resting in a love too strong to resist, drawn by desire toward redemption purchased by innocent blood, with no more separation left. The closing verses lift a voice as a sign, take bread and wine, and hide the spirit in the vine, trusting a good design for those who believe. The refrain's release — letting go of what cannot be held — lands not as resignation but as the hope held in a person.
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Stand on the shores of a site unseen
The substance of this dwells in me
Cause my natural eyes only go skin deep
But the eye's of my heart anchor the sea
Plumbing the depths to the place in between
The tangible world and the land of a dreams
Because everything here ain't quite it seems
There's more beneath the appearance of things
A beggar could be king within the shadows of a wing
And wisdom will honor everyone who will learn
To listen, to love, and to pray and discern
And to do the right thing even when it burns
And to live in the light through each treacherous turn
A man is weak, but the spirit yearns
To keep on course from the bow to the stern
And to throw overboard every selfish concern
That tries to work for what can't be earned
Sometimes the only way to return is to go,
Where the winds will take you
And to let go, of all, you cannot hold onto
For the hope, beyond, the blue
Yellow and gold as the new day dawns
Like a virgin unveiled who waited so long
To dance and rejoice and to sing her song
And to rest in the arms of a love so strong
No one comes unless they're drawn
By the voice of desire that leads em' along
To the redemption of what went wrong
By the blood that covered the innocent one
No more separation between us
So lift your voice just one more time
If there's any hope may it be a sign
That everything was made to shine
Despite what you can see
So take this bread and drink this wine
And hide your spirit in the vine
Where all things will work by a good design
For those who will believe
And let go, of all, we cannot hold onto
For the hope, beyond, the blue
Said I let go, of all, I could not hold onto
For the hope, I have, in you