This is a song I wrote sitting in ye olde dorm room at Bryan
College. The guitar portion came first, and I sang my mind to
it. I’m to play it for a friend’s school project sometime soon, but
strangely I find it matches my heart at the moment…do old feelings
really revisit us?
you all know the ending
you all know where this began
so why are you just
sitting
in the middle
wondering where I Am?
you don’t know you’re running
you just know you’re running fast
but when will you stop
dreaming
all the little
Daydreams of your past?
for only I know the plans that I have for you
your vision comes clear when seen through the Rood
but you fall away
as you turn
your
gaze
your own ways
when will you look and see I Am good?
you know all the answers
but your words are all too small
so when will you stop
speaking
and just listen
hear My whispered call
all of the expectations you’ve made for things
trade for assurance I gave in My blood
there’s freedom for feet to dance
when the day
turns
grey
and lonely
when will you live knowing I Am good?
you all know the ending
you all know where this began
so why are you just
sitting
in the middle
wondering where I Am?
thegreatknock 
no, i don’t recall hearing about your marine biology aspirations. =) say, my cousin chris–one of the thailand crew–is starting at bryan in the fall! so i suspect i shall be visiting your alma mater for the first time this year.
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love it! wish i could write that well.
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thanks david, I needed that.
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ps I must confess that I had to google rood. I feel smarter now.
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wow…. very good david… maybe you can get erik to let us sing at singles
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I like it. I would like to hear the melody that goes with it, though. And, yes, I think old feelings do revisit us.
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I love that song! I need to bust out that CD again sometime soon, even though past listens have made me nostalgic.
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There are not words… If the music behind it is as good as the lyrics…
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thanks for the comment…it was very intriguing. i seriously sat there for like 10 minutes trying to figure out the answers! haha
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Wow, that was incredibly beautiful…I always enjoy checking your site to see what new and beautiful literary work is gracing your page with its presence. You’re an extremely talented writer. Laura
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i think old feelings definitely do revisit us. especially with music.
i’d love to hear this. the questions in the song are often in my mind as well. our God is so beautiful and mysterious – it’s easy to allow His mystery to make Him invisible. i think people all too often close their eyes to beauty: we drive to and from work without noticing or appreciating the landscape; walk to and from our cars without looking at the violets that have sprouted by the doorstep; or speak to a child without seeing the innocent little light that shines out from his eyes… and its just that easy to make Him invisible to us as well. sad. its not Him that strays, its us. and then we cry out for Him.
and you are right – i was an english major, with emphasis in creative writing : )
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