(Done like an old protest song i.e. Marvin Gaye or early Isley Bro. – Reggae?)
The great Uncle is not your friend.
He would be your master.
And talking heads just keep on talking.
Don’t confuse them with your pastor.
Distraction provides just temporary satisfaction.
But your heart knows the Truth. Your heart knows the Truth.
Awake from the incantation, seek the Incarnation.
The Light shines in the darkness.
Let It shine on you.
Your creed is not the journey.
Though It might lead to journeys end.
Seek the answer to the riddle.
From walking Death to waking Life transcend.
Distraction provides just temporary satisfaction.
But your heart knows the Truth. Your heart knows the Truth.
Awake from the incantation, seek the Incarnation.
The Light shines in the darkness.
Let It shine on you.
Hold lightly to your strength.
And all you think you know.
For the Light shines in the darkness.
And it is in weakness that Grace will grow.
BRIDGE
Caesar has no love for you, you’re a number on a page.
Doctrine is a guide, but its just trappings on the stage.
Life is calling you to wake up (now). Shake off the webs they weave.
Step into Reality, become more than you (can) conceive.
Distraction provides just temporary satisfaction.
But your heart knows the Truth. Your heart knows the Truth.
Awake from the incantation, seek the Incarnation.
The Light shines in the darkness.
Let It shine on you.
“Hold lightly to your strength”
I am glad you stopped by
I wrote it a couple years ago at a time when I was disgusted by politics and the media and even what I experienced at church. It felt like I was asleep and trying to wake up and see what was really going on with me and the world. If I can get my sons to sit still long enough we are going to put it to music. But they are grown now so it may take a minute. Thank you so much for taking part of your life and investing in mine. Much of what I write feels crazy to me. It means so much that someone could be effected by it.
I found myself in your words, although I do not know why.
Do you know which part of the song?