[Opening Refrain] The bow in the cloud, the bow in the rain, A sign that the waters shall not rule again. Over the field where the new vines grow, A covenant shines in the storm's afterglow. [Verse 1] Be fruitful again, let the families spread, The earth lies open, the future ahead. Life bears God's image; blood is not cheap, Justice must answer the violence we keep. The creatures, the children, the seed and the soil Stand under promise through weather and toil. [Changing Refrain] The bow in the cloud, bent high and broad, A witness between all the earth and God. When thunder gathers and dark waters crowd, The promise remains in the bow in the cloud. [Verse 2] No army earned it, no tower stood tall, The covenant widened to creatures and all. Seasons would labor, seedtime would run, Cold after heat and night after sun. The sign held color where judgment had been, Mercy remembered the world once again. [Coda] The rain may return, but not as the grave; The bow tells the earth of the promise to save. The bow in the cloud, the bow in the rain, A sign that the waters shall not rule again.