The Olive and the House

[Verse 1]
The olive tree does not rush the spring
First years are silent with no fruit to bring
Down in the dark the roots go deep
Promise the silver branches will someday keep

[Pre-Chorus]
Soil pressed tight
Holding the light
Slow steady heart
Learning my part

[Chorus]
O olive tree planted in holy ground
Righteousness is the patience you have found
Not the quick bloom or the season’s race
But decades of abiding in the same dear place

[Post-Chorus]
Still and deep
Promise to keep
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[Verse 2]
Twenty winters and forty rains
The tree bears the weight of waiting pains
Silver leaves and the oil so pure
The harvest comes and the soul is sure

[Pre-Chorus]
Mountain and sun
Race isn’t run
River below
Helping me grow

[Chorus]
O olive tree planted in holy ground
Righteousness is the patience you have found
Not the quick bloom or the season’s race
But decades of abiding in the same dear place

[Bridge]
What is righteousness? To stay
To let living water feed the shoot today
One afternoon of praise is not enough
Growing through the quiet and the rough

[Chorus]
O olive tree planted in holy ground
Righteousness is the patience you have found
Not the quick bloom or the season’s race
But decades of abiding in the same dear place

[Post-Chorus]
Rooted inside
Safe to abide
Take my place
Enduring face
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