thought that i was all alone broken and afraid but you were there with me yes you were there with me and i didn t even know that i had lost my way but you were there with me yes you were there with me til you opened up my eyes i never knew that i couldn t ever make it without you even though the journey s long and i know the road is hard well the one who s gone before me you will help me carry on after all that i ve been through now i realize the truth that i must go through the valley to stand upon the mountain of god and as i travel on the road that you have lead me down you are here with me yes you are here with me i have need for nothing more oh now that i have found that you are here with me yes you are here with me i confess from time to time i lose my way but you are always there to bring me back again yeah even though the journey s long and i know the road is hard well the one who s gone before me you will help me carry on after all that i ve been through now i realize the truth that i must go through the valley to stand upon the mountain of god sometimes i think of where it is i ve come from and the things i ve left behind but of all i ve had what i possessed nothing can quite compare with what s in front of me yeah you are with what s in front of me yeah yeah even though the journey s long and i know the road is hard well the one who s gone before me he will help me carry on after all that i ve been through now i realize the truth that i must go through the valley to stand upon the mountain well i must go through the valley to stand upon the mountain yes i must go through the valley to stand upon the mountain of god thought that i was all alone broken and afraid but you are here with me yes you are here with me