Spirit On The Water

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Spirit on the water
Light comes down
Face on the deep
I gaze upon

In the middle of my life
I lost the straight path
And came upon a dark, dark wood

I must've took a turn
Somewhere along the way
I'd never seen that place before

From the foot of a hill
I looked up
I saw a beautiful, brilliant light

So I started to climb
And I climbed and I climbed
I climbed and climbed and climbed and climbed

Halfway up I met
Three hideous beasts
And they drove me back down the hill

The light began to fade
And I went into myself
And I slept for days and days and days and days

Spirit on the water
Light comes down
Face on the deep
I gaze upon

A voice woke me up
And whispered in my ear
"It's time to walk through the woods"

"With its thickets and its thorns
And its darks so deep
You've got to make it out the other side
You might not make it out the other side

Spirit on the water
Light comes down
Face on the deep
I gaze upon

And it gazes on me
And it knows me
And it knows my face
It knows my name
It knows everything I long to be
And it gazes on me

On the other side
I was battered and I was tired
Ao I laid down and I died

The spirit left my bones
My body was all alone
And a sound resounded through the woods

The light from the hill
Illuminated the woods
And the trees sprouted leaves once again
And a sound resounded through the woods

Spirit on the water
Light comes down
Face on the deep
I gaze upon

And it gazes on me
And it knows me
And it knows my face
It knows my name
It knows everything I long to be
And it gazes on me

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released June 2, 2018
conjured and captured by the city of light 2018

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The City of Light Tyler, Texas

Spiritual Folk Music broadcasting from Tyler, Texas

New Album:
A Voice In The Wilderness now available

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PO Box 7550
Tyler, TX 75711 ... more

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