It should be well

If peace like a river came my way

And sorrows ceased now to roll

Would the beauty begin to fade away

With no pain left to cause it to stay?

If in a mighty fortress I could live

A bulwark that never fell

Would I waste away from lack of pain

Would I forget the feel of lost love’s stains?

If I were there ten thousand years

Everything shining like the sun

Would I remember what tears brought me there

Or would I sing on forgetting that I once cared?

If the lepers spots were truly changed

And this heart of stone were melted

Would I know all my days

That love is the only thing that remains?

If all fears were finally stilled

And strivings could forever cease

Would the lack of struggle bind me down

Causing me to slowly drown?

Would I always wonder

What pain could make me see?

Would I always feel

Like I wasn’t truly free?

Or is it possible to have enough

Of good to fill this hole

Is there a way to truly sing,

“It is well, with my soul.”