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by Dale Harris

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Light breaks where no light shines Light breaks this heart of mine Where no seas run, burst out the hearts tide And broken ghosts look out through my eyes, there Light breaks where no light shines Dawn breaks in blackened skies Dawn breaks through all my lies Where coursing blood slides to the sea Through coursing veins to the heart of me There light breaks where no light shines Wake, O sleeper, rise up from the grave And Christ will shine his glory on your face Wake, O sleeper, rise up from the grave And Christ will shine his glory on your face Sun breaks on sleeping earth Sun breaks to bring new birth When logics die and answers fade And foaming seas sweep my heart away There sun breaks where no light shines
2.
Surd 03:45
Surd, in the logic of my heart, No rhyme or reason help me please I don't know where to start It's absurd that I don't know who I am I fear to face the mirror see the child in the man And I would give you my everything, if I knew what my everything was I'm sitting here with my dreams on a string My heart was not for sale but it got rented for a while And now I have to use my smile to hide my broken wings Surd, in the silence of the night I'm lying in the darkness and I'm trying to get it right It's that word that you whisper in my ear I miss it when I listen could you teach me how to hear
3.
Cover Me 04:06
Cover me, when the darkness has no answer Cover me, when the daylight can’t be asked Cover me, when my words are full of chaos Cover me, when I’m haunted by the past In your eyes I find the child I left behind So cover me Cover me, like the wind over the prairies Cover me, like the moon in an eclipse Cover me like the sky over a pilgrim Cover me, like the sunlight on my steps In your voice I find the heart I left behind So cover me When my thoughts were like an open wound And my heart was like a smoky room I found sanctuary like an empty tomb When you came, you came and covered me Cover me, in the haven of your heartbeat Cover me, in the shelter of your palms Cover me, in the refuge of your eyes and Cover me, in the island of your arms In your voice I find the song I left behind So cover me
4.
The light that’s never satisfied is burning in my heart tonight A thousand gaping emptinesses filling up my soul I wish that I could run and hide or find my way to you tonight That you might touch my emptiness and make my spirit whole But I’m lost in the second circle Lost, in this corner of the night I’m lost, in the second circle, lost The stolen fruit of bitterness is burning on my lips to night The tree was sweet to look upon but its fruit was filled with ash The garden of my wilderness is burning on my lips tonight I cry out for the coming dawn to shine upon my flesh I saw the sign, abandon hope, all ye who enter I closed my eyes and wandered in and now my heart is Lost in the second circle Lost, in this corner of the night I’m lost, in the second circle, lost
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Calling 05:21
Sun calls to the mist in the morning Join me in the air Doe calls for the fawn to dance Among the fields so fair Flame calls to the grass with a whisper Give me up your withered chaff Spring calls to the sleeping treebud Let me teach you how to laugh Like the sun to the mist like the grass to the flame Like the spring to the tree, so the Lord calls out my name So the Lord calls out to me, His song caused the world to be So the Lord calls out to me, calling let me make you free Hawk calls to the western wind Lift me on your breath Dawn longs for the sun to rise And wake her from her death Earth calls to the heavens above her Soak me in your soothing rain Darkness calls out for perfect light Come and let me see again Like the bird to the wind, like the dawn to the sun Like the earth to the heaven’s so I call out to the one So I cry to him for light, my song echoes in the night So I cry to him for grace, calling let me see your face
6.
Fear of Isaac won’t you let your shadow fall Fear of Isaac come and overshadow all These temples made by hands, there’s so much we don’t understand In the depths of your mystery Fear of Isaac teach us who you are again Burst those wineskins that we thought would hold you in In the palm of our control, the high places of our soul Tear them down and set us free Somewhere behind the question Between the thought and the conception Breathe life into our confession As we embrace the mystery And we confess he was made known in the body We confess he was approved by the Spirit And seen by the angels, and preached among the nations Believed on in creation and taken up in glory we confess Fear of Isaac there so much I do not know But fear of Isaac I just cannot let you go Won’t you take me by the hand, a stranger in a strange land And teach me to wonder How somewhere behind the question Between the thought and the conception Breathe life into our confession As we embrace the mystery And we confess he was made known in the body We confess he was approved by the Spirit And seen by the angels, and preached among the nations Believed on in creation and taken up in glory we confess And all I know is that nothing can take you away from me All I know, you’ve brought me back my dignity All I know your mercy and love have purchased me No angel or demon no power or throne Could take from you what you’ve called your own I’m yours I’m yours I’m yours I know it’s true I’m yours I know that nothing could ever take me away from you
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I saw the heavens standing open, Saw the rider robed with white And his name was true and faithful And his war cry split the night King of kings, and Lord of Lords, written on his thigh From his mouth a two edged sword, a flame in his eye In his hand the stars are seven, his standard lifted high Leading forth the host of heaven, riding from the sky I saw him crush the host of darkness By his father take his seat Saw the crowns of many nations On his head and at his feet King of kings, and Lord of Lords, written on his thigh From his mouth a two edged sword, a flame in his eye In his hand the stars are seven, his standard lifted high Leading forth the host of heaven, riding from the sky He comes quickly, he comes quickly Amen
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O King of Mysteries, shall I abandon My home, my country, my land Shall I place myself at the mercies That flow from your mighty hand Without a shield without a sword I'm giving back all that you gave Christ will you keep me, Christ will you guard me Alone on the wild white waves? Christ will you guide, Christ will you guard me Christ will you lead, Christ will you save Christ will you hold, Christ will you ward me Will you help me alone on the wild white waves? O King of Mysteries shall I surrender With streaming tears staining my cheeks Shall I leave the prints of my prayer With my knees in the sand of the beach Confessing my sins, confessing my failures To him who conquered the grave Christ will you keep me, Christ will you guard me Alone on the wild white waves? Christ will you guide, Christ will you guard me Christ will you lead, Christ will you save Christ will you hold, Christ will you ward me Will you help me alone on the wild white waves? King of Mysteries, shall I then suffer The battering wounds of the sea? Shall I cross the sparkling ocean Will you steer my vessel for me? My wandering heart is quiet within me My heart no longer will rave Christ will you keep me, Christ will you guard me Alone on the wild white waves? Christ will you guide, Christ will you guard me Christ will you lead, Christ will you save Christ will you hold, Christ will you ward me Will you help me alone on the wild white waves?
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Song for the road, give us a song for the pilgrimage A song of healing and hope Fill our mouths with a song for the journey And we’ll sing it wherever we go Let our lives be taken and blessed and broken and given Like the bread that came from heaven above Taken and blessed and broken and given, Lord Teach these clumsy hands how to love Dream for the road, give us a dream for the pilgrimage A dream of healing and hope Be our guide and our destination And we’ll follow where ever you go Let our lives be taken and blessed and broken and given Like the bread that came from heaven above Taken and blessed and broken and given, Lord Teach these clumsy hands how to love Clumsy hands, clumsy hands, clumsy hands, clumsy hands This bread is my body, broken for you This cup which I pour out is poured out To make your lives new Now you are my body alive with my grace Go now I’m sending you out there To show the world my face Let our lives be taken and blessed and broken and given Like the bread that came from heaven above Taken and blessed and broken and given, Lord Teach these clumsy hands how to love
10.
Purity of heart is to will one thing Want one thing, need one thing Purify my will that I may seek one thing Let that thing be you Wandering the heat of the desert sun Parched for you till my course is run Slaking my thirst with a stone beneath my tongue Until I’m quenched in you A servant of two masters, trading one for another Not knowing what I am after, loving one despising the other Purity of heart is to seek one thing Let that thing be you You have set eternity in my heart, Burning there in the secret part You have set me seeking right from the start Let me seek for you One thing, one thing, one thing, one thing Purity of heart is to will one thing Want one thing, need one thing Purify my will that I may seek one thing Let that thing be you
11.
Brown land, like a cracked and calloused hand, dry land Flesh of stone and bone of sand Lift up your head Long night, like the ash of phoenix flight, dark night Red the dawn the longing light Lift up your head Lift up your head and see, The lamb was slain to set you free The phoenix flame will rise again And perch upon the holy tree Lift up your head behold The child you welcomed once of old With myrrh and frankincense and gold Is now the resurrected Lord He comes to heal your land, lift up your head Ancient place, like a cracked and noble face, antique place Mist of myrrh and tear of grace Lift up your head Night skies, like the gleam of veiled eyes, eastern skies See afar his star arise, Lift up your head Lift up your head and see, The lamb was slain to set you free The phoenix flame will rise again And perch upon the holy tree Lift up your head behold The child you welcomed once of old With myrrh and frankincense and gold Is now the resurrected Lord He comes to heal your land, lift up your head
12.
Being a child of the prairies, she seemed to me A stalk of swaying wheat Earth born and golden Face brown before the coming frost Like all the summers I had lost, And dancing with the wind Gilded with auburn, with winter’s white expectancy When keeping is impossible, But time is rich and lingering Eyes wide, blue and wondering, and dancing with the wind ‘Cause loving is knowing and knowing is leaving And leaving is coming back again Until then I’ll take your hand, I’ll hold you till you understand Until then keep dancing with the wind Being a child of the prairies, she seemed to me A stalk of summer wheat Earth-green and growing Face turned towards the summer sun A taste of seasons yet to come, are dancing in the wind

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released December 31, 2013

All songs written, arranged, performed and recorded by Dale Harris

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