To Bring You Home

January 8, 2011

Then there was a little light, burned away what remained of the night colored the fields - the clarity of air - my world, unveiled then there was a sound, I turned around, there was someone coming my way…

there was, there was there was, there was

Then there was a name came so lightly to the tongue then there was a face couldn’t be erased when the day was done then there was a touch - it doesn’t take much to bring you home

there was, there was there was, there was

Some say that love’s a flower plucked, put in a jar keeps its beauty for an hour but when the petals fall and they always will the hand that gave the flower’s still there

Then there was a name came so lightly to the tongue then there was a face couldn’t be erased when the day was done then there was a touch: make no mistake, it will take you home

there was, there was…

Then there was a time you traced the sun’s slow climb then there was a space: you tried to read between the lines then there was a sound, you turned around, there was someone calling you Home

there was, there was there was, there was there was, there was…

update Two years ago, my aunt lost her husband Joel to cancer, after a long and hard passage which she and her two sons walked with integrity, love and incredible strength: helping his spirit depart, catching its deflated shell as it fell to the ground. She is remarrying this April, and we’ll join her to celebrate life and joy and hope.

She asked for contributions, and I offered this song, despite – or maybe because of – the lyric bridge, with its combination of shadow and light. I recorded this on my Mac to send her a demo… so I share it here:

To Bring You Home - Mark Schultz