Oh, our God has brought us
Through the many waters
He has saved and bought us
All his sons and daughters
Though the storm may prevail
He has faithfully got us
Oh, our God has brought us
Through the many waters
No one could anticipate all the ways
The rain could damage everything in just two days
The lights went out and the water went bad
And some people lost everything that they had
A house slid down into the middle of the road
Surround that house with a million traffic cones
We called 9-1-1 and 9-1-1 got washed away
Some of us will go, and the rest of us will stay
But
The love, the love, the love is real
They can't tell who belongs with who
Because we all belong here
Look up to the skies
And know that you are not alone
Because Helene can flood our houses
But she'll never take our home
Helene, Helene, oh Helene
The largest batch of water Appalachia's ever seen
Look up to the skies and know that you are not alone
Because Helene can flood our houses but she'll never take our home, our home
The trees have fallen and some folks are leaving town
The government has left us all to swim or drown
Sun still shines on the mountain and I start to choke
How is the world so beautiful and yet so broke
6 o'clock this morning someone slipped off of the road
Surround that place with a million traffic cones
Floating down the river I can see a pickup truck
The remnants of the road are underneath four feet of muck
But
The love, the love, the love is real
They can't tell who belongs with who
Because we all belong here
Look up to the skies
And know that you are not alone
Because Helene can flood our houses
But she'll never take our home
Helene, Helene, oh Helene
The largest batch of water Appalachia's ever seen
Look up to the skies and know that you are not alone
Because Helene can flood our houses but she'll never take our home, our home
Put up a tent city in the middle of nowhere
This town has never held so many homeless
Sun still shines on the mountain and I start to choke
How is the world so beautiful and yet so broke
The creek came up but we will rebuild the road
Surround ourselves with a million traffic cones
People give so much it almost overflows
Which shows us that this place is not our home
The love, the love, the love is real
They can't tell who belongs with who
Because we all belong here
Look up to the skies
And know that you are not alone
Because Helene can flood our houses
But she'll never take our home
Helene, Helene, oh Helene
The largest batch of water Appalachia's ever seen
Look up to the skies and know that you are not alone
Because Helene can flood our houses but she'll never take our home, our home
On this ruined ground we stand
Heart in heart and hand in hand
On this ruined ground we stand
Knowing that you are our Promised Land