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Songtext von Steven Curtis Chapman

"I Will Be Here"

Tomorrow morning if you wake up
And the sun does not appear
I... I will be here
If in the dark we lose sight of love
Hold my hand and have no fear
'Cause I... I will be here

I will be here
When you feel like being quiet
When you need to speak your mind
I will listen
And I will be here
When the laughter turns to crying
Through the winning, losing and trying
We'll be together
'Cause I will be here

Tomorrow morning if you wake up
And the future is unclear
I... I will be here
As sure as seasons are made for change
Our lifetimes are made for years
So I... I will be here

I will be here
And you can cry on my shoulder
When the mirror tells us we're older
I will hold you
And I will be here
To watch you grow in beauty
And tell you all the things you are to me
I will be here, hmmm

I will be true to the promise I have made
To you and to the One who gave you to me

And just as sure as seasons are made for change
Our lifetimes are made for years
So I... I will be here
We'll be together
I will be here

Andere Version

I will be here (I will be here)
I will be here (I will be here)

I don't know what went wrong
If I did wouldn't matter 'cause
It just wasn't enough

You know when the moment comes
To be strong, your resistance
And that's what we're led to believe

When the big world falls apart
And you think that the feeling will linger
You need somewhere to start
I will be here (I will be here)

And when it all seems to fall apart
You can't breathe
You don't know what you're thinking
You need somewhere to start
I will be here (I will be here)

Guess that things didn't work out
It will soon disappear
It will be miles away
Away from here

You don't mind if life's not that pretty
It will soon disappear
It will be miles away
Away from here

When the big world falls apart
And you think that the feeling will linger
You need somewhere to start
I will be here (I will be here)

And when it all seems to fall apart
You can't breathe
You don't know what you're thinking
You need somewhere to start
I will be here (I will be here)

Oh oh oh oh-oh
I will be here, I will be here
[x4]

Oh oh oh oh-oh
I will be here, I will be here 

 ... aus:  Story Behind the Song: 'I Will Be Here'

"And while Chapman’s question may seem absurd now, he raised it because the words of commitment weren’t written out of experiencing the warm and fuzzy feelings of a romantic relationship described in many love songs. Rather the lyrics were penned out of pain.

When Chapman and wife Mary Beth married in 1984, they were young but possessed a couple of things that many newly-married folks don’t: a healthy realization that living together wouldn’t be easy and a good role model to follow by observing the strong, spiritually-centered marriage that Steven’s parents had. And even with that to their credit, they discovered early on that marital bliss isn’t always the order of every day. "We were different in many ways that we did not know we were until after we were married for a few months," Chapman says.

In the middle of coming to terms with these idiosyncrasies, the couple also had to deal with the demise of Steven’s parents’ relationship. "So in the process of that, my parents did end up divorcing, [and] it really shook the foundation of my faith, my ideas of marriage and everything because, again, with my parents, there was a strength there."

With the fears the Chapmans had about the state of their union, Steven wanted to assure his wife that their marriage wouldn’t crumble. "It felt like I needed to drive a stake in the ground again and say to her, ‘No matter how I feel when I wake up tomorrow, no matter how disillusioned we may be at different points of this, I have made this commitment to you, and I will be here when you wake up.’ Because I think there was this real fear in her that said, ‘Wow, if this happened in his parents’ lives, what assurance do we have that this won’t be our story as well?’" 

In writing the words "And just as sure as the seasons were made for change/Our lifetimes are made for these years/So I, I will be here," Steven found a release for his troubled heart and also discovered a way to encourage others. "I was so surprised when people began to use the song as a wedding song and to have them say to me what a beautiful song of commitment it was for them," Chapman recalls. "It was one of many ways God redeemed that [experience] in my own [life] and continues to." 

Before he began sharing the story behind the song from stage, however, Chapman wanted to make sure he had his parents’ blessing. "They even have seen this as part of the way God has been able to redeem some of that pain and heartbreak in their lives to encourage others.""