[Verse 1]
It's a long wait at the gate
Just to glimpse your fate
Just to see whether it all works out
It's a long road, a heavy load
You gotta really want to go
And just let the others walk around
You now
[Pre-Chorus]
Up and down again
But this time it's different
It took some waiting to straighten
Out the bend
In and out of luck
Yeah at times it was difficult
I got a new life baby, It takes some getting used to but...
[Chorus]
No sign of any rain
My skies are clear today
I keep bracing for that hit
But there's not sign of it
No obstacles in sight
My skies are clear tonight (My skies are full of light)
I keep thinking I might see that cloud arrive
Oh but there's no sign of it
No sign of it
[Verse 2]
And as I look around, it's all new ground
The leaves on the trees touch down
But I'm above weightless as a dream
It's been a long road, a heavy load
I just simply had to go
Had to get here hard as it's been
[Pre-Chorus]
In and out of luck
Yeah at time it was difficult
I got a new life baby, it takes some getting
Used to but...
[Chorus]
No Sign Of It
Song Meaning
Natalie Grant describes endurance rather than arrival in "No Sign Of It" — "it's a long wait at the gate, just to glimpse your fate, just to see whether it all works out" — and "you gotta really want to go" names persistence as a requirement, not a guarantee.
"Up and down again, but this time it's different" admits a familiar pattern while insisting something has actually changed, and "it took some waiting to straighten out the bend" credits time itself as part of the process rather than an obstacle to it. The chorus states relief almost cautiously — "no sign of any rain, my skies are clear today, I keep bracing for that hit, but there's no sign of it" — admitting the habit of expecting trouble even while describing its absence.
"As I look around, it's all new ground, the leaves on the trees touch down, but I'm above weightless as a dream" pairs grounded imagery with a feeling of floating, describing a change too large to fully explain. The second pre-chorus repeats the first almost word for word, with one small typo of memory rather than correction — "yeah at time it was difficult" — as if the old difficulty is already starting to blur, exactly as the song's whole argument would predict.