We don’t know why, when the world is lost in shadows, there is a light that will remain…

Written in 1987, Montana Sky was the band’s response to member Gordon Kennedy’s sister-in-law taking her own life, offering a message that God is always trustworthy and loving, even in times when things make no sense. I love the lyrics to this song, so they were worthwhile to also post here.

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“Montana Sky”
Written by Mark Stephen Gersmehl, Gordon Scott Kennedy, Billy Smiley

Gazing, from a lonely mountaintop
Face to face, with a sky that never stops
Here, where an empty soul can try
To look for the reasons
The rainbows of why

They happen, things we just don’t understand
But there’s a peace, for what we cannot comprehend
Oh, we can climb higher than the pain
To find some comfort, when the answer isn’t plain

We don’t know why
When the world is lost in shadows
There is a light that will remain
The love He gave
That cared enough to die
Is as endless as the Montana sky

Flowing, on the mysteries of time
Are secrets that are hidden from my mind
Oh, for all I cannot understand
My loving Father, holds the answers in His hands

We don’t know why
When the world is lost in shadows
There is a light that will remain
The love He gave
That cared enough to die
Is as endless as the Montana sky

When there’s no why
There is hope beyond the sorrow
It is the truth that will not change
His love that gave
That cared enough to die
Is as endless as the Montana sky
(Pure as the Montana sky)
Endless as the Montana sky