More in my musical journey.

An Excerpt from the song A Breath or Two from
Not Without Love by Jimmy Needham

Simply stated simple minded love for you
Has simply been completely complicated
And I’m finding
This daily drudgery is finally catching up to me
Its time for this abandon to make much of you
And less of me

I want to breathe in
I want to breathe in and out again

I’m tired of putting one foot in front of the other
I’m weary of where it leads me too
I’m tired of moving on from my father
Make me rest my head and take a breath or two

O for a slower pace
Moving at the speed of sound sounds like a race to me
O to be at ease
Moving at the speed of sound gets hard on the knees

OK. So lately I’ve been in a song lyric mood…. actually, I always am (music is my life, life is music) - I’ve just decided to blog my musical journeys.

So, here you go. Another lyric to set my mood. While this song was sung for her child, and it is a fantastic song for any parent to listen to, I like to twist this around and imagine God saying this to me. (If you can imagine the God of the universe bending down and saying this to you, and it doesn’t make you choke up… I don’t know what will.)

Plumb - In My Arms from the album Blink

Clouds will rage and
Storms will race in
But you will be safe
In my arms
Rains will pour down
Waves will crash around
But you will be safe
In my arms

(As always, the best place to preview and purchase music is at Amazon’s MP3 store, since they don’t tie you down with crappy DRM.)

Neat thing about the “Slow Revival” album mentioned in the last post…. the very next song is called “Things are Gonna Change”. Cool.

Here’s a song that really touches me when I’m in a place where I have faith that God is in complete control… but still struggle with the reasons of a particular situation.

Hope it touches you too. (Works best when repeated about 50 times in a row.)

From the album “Slow Revival” by Bryan Duncan

Lonely Tonight (click if you want to preview/buy the mp3 at Amazon)

Don’t belittle me, don’t be light
Hear me truly and hear me right
I know You love me and I know You care
I know You’re always there
But I’m lonely tonight

The sun has set in a misty grey
All the color has passed away
I watch the moon as it clears the wall
‘Life is good,’ I’m sayin’, ‘all in all,
But I’m lonely tonight’
Yeah, my faith is gonna see me through
You know I trust in You
But I’m lonely tonight

It’s not a simple need for company
I don’t know
where I belong in the world I see
and I’m lonely tonight

Rest assured in amazing grace
I’d feel safe in a safer place
It’s true I love You and my love is true
You know I’m thankful, too
But I’m lonely tonight
I can gather all the power to choose
And I can take it if I win or lose
But I’m lonely tonight
I’m lonely tonight

I don’t know
where I belong in the world I see
And I’m lonely tonight

A silhouette in a garden gate
A single prayer in a solemn state
A place for me I’m gonna recognize
Someday in paradise
‘Cause I’m lonely tonight

Oh, it’s not a simple need for company
I know now
that I don’t belong in this world I see
And I’m lonely tonight
Lonely tonight
Lonely
Lonely
Tonight

The tag of Gravity as sung on Austin City Limits. The song is about staying faithful in a relationship in the face of temptation - but I think these words and thoughts can be applied in so many situations… like life’s struggles, for example.

Just keep me where the light is
keep me where… where the light is
just keep me where the light is
oh just keep me where… oh just keep me where the light is
and if I should happen to confront the darkness
which I’m sure by now I will
let me have the power in me
to walk on through…. to hold it still
don’t… don’t let me fall from grace
just to feel the wind… the wind upon my face
teach me that the peace
is all a happy man will ever need
oh just keep me where… keep me where… keep me where the light is
oh where the light is
keep me where the light is
oh let me sing this prayer
- John Mayer