{"id":1296,"date":"2026-06-01T02:36:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T02:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/?page_id=1296"},"modified":"2026-06-01T02:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T02:40:23","slug":"song-of-olive-tree-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/song-of-olive-tree-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of Olive Tree Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Decades-of-Abiding-The-Olive-and-the-House-Sonauto.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Olive and the House<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 1]<br>The olive tree does not rush the spring<br>First years are silent with no fruit to bring<br>Down in the dark the roots go deep<br>Promise the silver branches will someday keep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Pre-Chorus]<br>Soil pressed tight<br>Holding the light<br>Slow steady heart<br>Learning my part<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>O olive tree planted in holy ground<br>Righteousness is the patience you have found<br>Not the quick bloom or the season&#8217;s race<br>But decades of abiding in the same dear place<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Post-Chorus]<br>Still and deep<br>Promise to keep<br>Mm mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 2]<br>Twenty winters and forty rains<br>The tree bears the weight of waiting pains<br>Silver leaves and the oil so pure<br>The harvest comes and the soul is sure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Pre-Chorus]<br>Mountain and sun<br>Race isn&#8217;t run<br>River below<br>Helping me grow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>O olive tree planted in holy ground<br>Righteousness is the patience you have found<br>Not the quick bloom or the season&#8217;s race<br>But decades of abiding in the same dear place<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Bridge]<br>What is righteousness? To stay<br>To let living water feed the shoot today<br>One afternoon of praise is not enough<br>Growing through the quiet and the rough<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>O olive tree planted in holy ground<br>Righteousness is the patience you have found<br>Not the quick bloom or the season&#8217;s race<br>But decades of abiding in the same dear place<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Post-Chorus]<br>Rooted inside<br>Safe to abide<br>Take my place<br>Enduring face<br>Mm mm mm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Olive and the House [Verse 1]The olive tree does not rush the springFirst years are silent with no fruit to bringDown in the dark the roots go deepPromise the silver branches will someday keep [Pre-Chorus]Soil pressed tightHolding the lightSlow steady heartLearning my part [Chorus]O olive tree planted in holy groundRighteousness is the patience you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1296","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1296\/revisions\/1302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}