Ichabod Lyrics

And his mother said

His name shall be called Ichabod

For the name Ichabod means

Where is the glory

A man named Ichabod

Came down from the mountain

Name was Ichabod

He came down from the mountain

In the land of God

He was known as a townsman

Not a man of God

But he came down from the mountain

And he looked all around him

And he said, Where— Where is the glory

He said, Where is the glory

And all the people said

As they gathered around him

We thought you were dead

We thought you died on the mountain

Ichabod replied

I don't think I died

But I went up the mountain

There I drank from the fountain

And I fell to the ground

And I saw— I saw the glory

On high I saw the glory

But when I come back down

To the valleys and the plains

To our villages and towns

Nothing feels quite the same

Down here it's quiet desperation

Souls afraid of expectation

Here we're all named Sisyphus

Wondering, Is this all there is

Do we have to go on high

Before the glory meets the eye

Do we have to go on high

Before the glory meets the eye

My dear Ichabod

It seems that you don't understand

You say you long for God

Well, his glory's near at hand

You think you left him at the summit

You think he's local? No, far from it

Down in the lowly humble place

He's there to raise you with his grace

Down in our villages and plains

He's there to sanctify your pains

The God who showed himself to you

Turns out he fills the valleys too

The God who showed himself to you

Turns out he came down too

A man named Ichabod

Came down from the mountain

And he learned of God

He said, Behold— Here is the glory