From the recording Ride the Wave
There are moments in life when everything changes, a season of joy gives way to sorrow, certainty becomes uncertainty, and calm waters suddenly rise into towering waves. Ride the Wave was born from one such moment during a mediumship circle, where a guide offered a message that transformed the way I understood prophecy. The message was simple yet profound: we are not here to escape life's storms, but to learn to ride them with the unshakable Presence of Love within us. This song is an invitation to remember that every wave, whether gentle or fierce, is carrying us toward the same eternal shore.
Ride the Wave is a soaring neo-folk, symphonic rock, and country spiritual anthem inspired by true experiences of war, homecoming, miracles, loss, and the enduring presence of divine love. Weaving together memories of military service in Iraq, the gratitude of returning home, the friendship of those who gave everything, and the quiet miracles that often pass unnoticed, the song reveals a timeless truth: no one is ever truly lost, and love never abandons a single soul.
At its heart is a message received through a spiritual guide: "The blessing you have chosen is prophecy." Not prophecy as predicting the future, but as living with such trust, gratitude, and compassion that we become a light for others as they navigate their own storms. Through soaring melodies, heartfelt storytelling, and a chorus that calls every listener to "Ride the Wave," the song reminds us that beneath every joy and every sorrow, beneath every victory and every loss, the One Presence remains unchanged.
This is a song for anyone who has loved deeply, grieved honestly, stood back up after life's hardest seasons, and discovered that the greatest miracle is not escaping the waves, it is learning that Love has been carrying us all along.
Lyrics
RIDE THE WAVE
(Neo-Folk • Symphonic Rock • Country Spiritual Anthem)
E. Craig Hendricks
[Verse 1]
Before my name was ever spoken,
before the stars were set in place,
I chose a sea of joy and sorrow,
I chose this wild and wondrous race.
I've walked through war, I've walked through peace,
I've known the valley, climbed the hill.
I've held the ones that life brought near,
I've watched love linger farther still.
[Pre-Chorus]
Every wave has called my name,
Every tide has done the same.
Nothing lost beneath the sky,
Love is deeper than goodbye.
[Chorus]
Ride the wave... ride the wave...
Don't be afraid of the wind or rain.
Every storm becomes a teacher,
Every tear becomes a stream.
Ride the wave... ride the wave...
The sea has always known your name.
The One within has never left you;
Love will carry you home again.
[Verse 2]
A quiet voice spoke to the circle,
Not to one, but every soul:
"You have chosen living prophecy,
Not to predict, but make hearts whole."
A prophet doesn't flee the thunder,
A prophet doesn't curse the sea.
He learns the rhythm of the breakers,
Then calls his brothers, "Come with me."
[Pre-Chorus]
The ocean isn't our enemy;
It is where we're meant to be.
Every rising, every fall
Is Love embracing one and all.
[Chorus]
Ride the wave... ride the wave...
Lift your eyes above the spray.
Chaos dances into blessing,
Night surrenders into day.
Ride the wave... ride the wave...
Every heart will find its way.
The One within has never left us;
Love has always led the way.
[Verse 3]
Back from deserts scarred by battle,
Someone whispered grief one day.
Then every face I'd loved came rushing,
Never gone, just gone away.
My heart cried out before I knew it,
"They're alive! They're living still!"
Love had crossed another shoreline,
Just beyond the distant hill.
Then I hugged a California palm tree,
Morning sunlight on my face.
After years of watching shadows,
Home became amazing grace.
I wasn't holding bark and branches;
I was holding life once more.
Thank You, Father... Thank You, Mother...
Standing safe upon the shore.
[Chorus]
Ride the wave... ride the wave...
Every heart has sailed this sea.
Every loss becomes remembering,
Every chain becomes set free.
Ride the wave... ride the wave...
Hear eternity's refrain.
Love remembers every traveler;
No one journeys here in vain.
[Bridge – Spoken over orchestral swell]
My friend Ed asked,
"Do I stay... or do I go?"
I said,
"Choose this moment.
God already holds tomorrow."
The next morning he was gone.
But only from my eyes.
Love did not end.
Love simply crossed another horizon.
Another evening I asked a young soldier,
"Ride back with me."
He almost walked.
Instead he climbed into the truck.
Minutes later rockets fell
On the road he would have taken.
Coincidence?
No...
Sometimes miracles wear ordinary clothes.
[Final Chorus – Full Choir & Orchestra]
Ride the wave... ride the wave...
Lift your heart above the tide.
Every storm becomes a doorway,
Every soul is held inside.
Ride the wave... ride the wave...
Do not fear the changing sea.
The Presence has never departed;
It has always lived in thee.
Ride the wave... ride the wave...
Ride it laughing, ride it crying.
Ride it grateful, ride it singing.
Ride it living, ride it dying.
Every wave is moving homeward,
Every tide remembers where.
Love has never lost a single soul...
Love is waiting everywhere.
[Outro]
Ride the wave, Beloved...
Ride the wave...
The sea already knows the shore.
The Heart already knows your name.
And Love...
Love will carry us home.