Rich Mullins song “If I Stand,” is beautifully written, and I can see how the rhythm of the poem can tie in with the melody to make it a nice song. Every four lines there are words that rhyme, such as moon and room, sing and things, tide and side. I think the persona is himself (a man) saying how much greater God is than anything on this planet. He talks about God’s grace, joy, and love. The first line, “there is more that rises in the morning than the sun,” can be taken very literally. Of course when it is morning, everything rises to its wake. But the last line of the 1st chorus can have a literal and non-literal meaning. “And if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for his home,” literally means that he misses his home, but non-literally home can mean heaven as his rightful and permanent home.
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