“For we have come from a place far away, yet this place, it is hidden within… Hallelujah, mankind is redeemed.”
“Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.”
– Lamentations 5:21
“Square One” is a song about going back to the beginning — looking toward the restoration of what God intended from the start.
The song remembers a place where humanity is no longer afraid, where mourning, sorrow, and pain have passed away, and where life is once again centred entirely around the presence of God. Though it may feel far away, the longing for it remains: “Yet this place, it is hidden within.”
As the song unfolds, that longing becomes expectation. It looks toward the coming of the LORD, the resurrection of the dead, and the moment when the sound of the trumpet announces that the present order of things is giving way to something new. “And then, He will come, riding on the clouds.”
Through it all runs a simple refrain in Swahili: “Nakupenda Yahweh, nitakupenda Yahweh” — “I love You, Yahweh; I will love You, Yahweh.” The longing for home is ultimately a longing for Him. Restoration is precious because it brings creation back into the fullness of the presence and purposes of the One we love.
And beneath it all is a simple cry: “Take me home.” Not an escape from creation, but a longing for home — for things to be made right, for mankind to be restored, and for life to return to its true intention.
“Square One” carries the hope that the end of the story somehow brings us back to where we were always meant to be.
Back to square one. Back to the beginning. Back to Eden.
"Vol. 3: Back To Eden" is the latest in the series of the powerful AO1 sound.
Each lyric was birthed in secret places of prayer and offered through voices who yielded to the Spirit’s leading. Together, they form a testimony of true fellowship, of full confidence in God's original intention, and of what Eden represents.
This volume carries the sound of return — of surrender, restoration, and becoming again what we were always meant to be. From the breaking and remoulding of Clay, to the childlike surrender of Like a Child, to the longing for restoration in Back to Eden, every song draws us away from what we have made of ourselves and back to the One who made us.
Here, to return is to surrender. To return is to be restored. To return is to become again what we were always meant to be — wholly His, living for an audience of One.
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