I recently wrote a post called Asleep. I confess that the word image I used was not an original one. My sister-in-law gave me a CD by Keith Green that had the song "Asleep in the Light" on it, and I realized just how closely my post followed this song. I am laughing at myself, because I hadn't made the connection on a visceral level until now, even though the words have been in my soul for a long while. Have you ever memmorized a song that was beyond your maturity level and then gone back to that song and still been able to sing it word for word - but this time the lights go on? That's what this was for me.
Well, the reason I wanted to make this post was because I found the words to that Keith Green song on the internet. I am posting them here and hope that I am not violating any copywrite laws.
Asleep in the Light
Do you see, do you see
All the people sinking down
Don’t you care, don’t you care
Are you gonna let them drown
How can you be do numb
Not to care if they come
You close your eyes
And pretend the job’s done
Oh bless me lore, bless me lord
You know it’s all I ever hear
No one aches, no one hurts
No one even sheds one tear
But he cries, he weeps, he bleeds
And he cares for you needs
And you just lay back
And keep soaking it in
Oh can’t you see it’s such a sin
’cause he brings people to you door
And you turn them away
As you smile and say
God bless you, be at peace
And all heaven just weeps
’cause jesus came to you door
You’ve left him out on the streets
Open up open up
And give yourself away
You see the need, you hear the cries
So how can you delay
God’s calling and you’re the one
But like jonah you run
He’s told you to speak
But you keep holding it in
Of can’t you see it’s such a sin
The world is sleeping in the dark
That the church just can’t fight
’cause it’s asleep in the light
How can you be so dead
When you’ve been so well fed
Jesus rose from the grave
And you, you can’t even get out of bed
Oh, jesus rose from the dead
Come on get out of your bed
How can you be so numb
Not to care if they come
You close your eyes
And pretend the job’s done
You close your eyes
And pretend the job’s done
Don’t close your eyes
Don’t pretend the jobs done
Come away, come away, come away with me my love
Come away, come away, come away with me my love
~Keith Green
Sometimes it's nice to see life from someone else's point of view. I am a mother, writer and amateur photographer. This is what the view looks like from where I am standing.
2 comments:
Your series on "Asleep" gets its originality from you, dear friend. You use the imagery that fits for you. Both articles communicate, and that is what this is all about.
Just for fun, I suggest you take some kind of off the wall imagery and try to make it fit. Eventually you can make it your own.
I have had those kinds of days - where the words to a song long memorized and nearly forgotten have popped into my mind, showing me that God does things for you today, that you don't need until many tomorrows...
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