Can I climb a rainbow?
Gentle Father, Love,
For I see no other
Way to get above.

All my strength has vanished,
I am weak and poor.
But I see the rainbow
Will it be my cure?

Can I climb it upwards?
Can I cheat and run
Up the rainbow ramparts?
Has it e’er been done?

Now I’ve tried the rainbow.
By myself I can’t.
Even with this shortcut
Heavenwards I shan’t.

Oh, dear gentle Father!
Please come pick me up.
When I saw the rainbow
I thought I was tough.

But it turns out truly
Rainbows mean you’ll come;
Why? For you remember
Where we’re coming from.

How the weight has hurt us,
How weak we are now.
How you promised never
Leave us: with that vow

You said you’d come to us;
I can’t climb up high
Even on a rainbow.
Grab me, for you’re nigh;

Grab me in your arms, Lord.
Carry me up high
We can walk the rainbow
Only if you fly.