This week’s featured song story comes to us from Lauren Daigle. We’re excited to share with you the story behind her single “Rescue.”
“I wrote Rescue with a loved one in mind so this makes that one of the most personal songs I’ve ever been a part of. I remember getting this vision about a girl who was caught in a really desperate situation. She was running to all of these vices in order to find just an element of hope or just something to keep her in the process of this desperation. And in came walking down the hall Jesus. And instead of judging her for maybe some of the actions she had chosen that were really painful and difficult, He sat with her in the midst of it all. He didn’t try to fix her, He just was with her.” – Lauren Daigle
Click on the video below to hear Lauren share the story. Scroll down to listen and read the full lyrics of the song.
From the album Look Up Child.
“Rescue” Lyrics
You are not hidden
There’s never been a moment
You were forgotten
You are not hopeless
Though you have been broken
Your innocence stolen
I hear you whisper underneath your breath
I hear your SOS, your SOS
I will send out an army
To find you in the middle of darkest night
It’s true
I will rescue you
There is no distance
That cannot be covered
Over and over
You’re not defenseless
I’ll be your shelter
I’ll be your armor
I hear you whisper underneath your breath
I hear your SOS, your SOS
I will send out an army
To find you in the middle of darkest night
It’s true
I will rescue you
I will never stop marching
To reach you in the middle of the hardest fight
It’s true
I will rescue you
I hear the whisper underneath your breath
I hear you whisper you have nothing left
I love the words of this song. The story behind it makes it even more special, but what stands out to me, as I listen to the song, is where the breaks are in the lines. The lyrics are written:
“I will send out an army
To find you in the middle of darkest night
It’s true
I will rescue you.”
But they are sung:
“I will send out an army
To find you in the middle of darkest…
night It’s true
I will rescue you.”
That just stands out to me as a reminder that God doesn’t follow the rules that we have set down for Him. His ways are not our ways but they are the perfect way. Wait upon His way, His time.