All Will Not Have Been In Vain

I am as a wanderer.

My life has been but a dream.
I've been as a conqueror
Fighting enemies unseen.

I am lonesome and solemn.
As a cast out, I'm hated.
I've mourned o'er each new problem,
I've hoped for peace, I've waited.

My brothers fight me in arms
What pain they have inflicted.
How blood-thirsty hatred harms!
And my family's afflicted!

Although I've tribulation.
And soon will go to my grave.
If I could teach salvation
All will not have been in vain.

[Verse 1] I have walked as a wanderer 

Life passing like a faded dream 

Every victory a whisper 

Every battle fought unseen 

Lonesome in a crowded valley 

Silent where the crowds all sing 

Carrying a quiet sorrow 

Still I wait for peace to bring [Chorus] 

If I could teach salvation 

If one heart turns 

One soul is brave 

Then all this pain and tribulation 

All will not have been in vain 

All will not have been in vain 

[Verse 2] Brothers standing there before me 

Yet they raise their hands as foes 

How their anger cuts in secret 

Deeper than a soldier’s blows 

Family faces lined with worry 

Shadows in their tired eyes 

I have wept for every burden 

Lifted up unheard replies

 [Chorus] If I could teach salvation 

If one heart turns 

One soul is brave 

Then all this pain and tribulation 

All will not have been in vain 

All will not have been in vain 

[Bridge] I am lonesome I am solemn (oh) 

Set outside the laughing crowd 

Still I whisper to the darkness 

I will not be turned to proud 

If one cry becomes an answer 

If one seed outlives my name 

Then my grave will hold a story 

Written in redeemed hearts’ flame 

[Chorus] If I could teach salvation 

If one heart turns 

One soul is brave 

Then all this pain and tribulation 

All will not have been in vain 

All will not have been in vain