Cold blows the wind tall stand the trees
Let it begin as I fall to my knees
God, how could I ever change what I feel
How will I know when her love becomes real
You seem to know what the world's going to do
Tell me right now if her love isn't true
When I'm alone and I see where you are
That's when I know that we've come pretty far
You're in control of what you're going to be
You have become someone special to me
What could I do to become something more
Than all your friends that you let through the door
But you don't let them know what you're really about
And I know that you know but there must be some doubt
In your mind but I know you'll be mine
Cold blows the wind tall stand the trees
Let it begin as I fall to my knees
God, how your world has impressed me with time
Now I can see what you've blessed to be mine
What could I do to be sure who it is
What will it take to erase the mistakes
That you made when you faked now all you can do
Is be true and I know we could break any rule
If you knew what I knew and I do
I’m the first to admit that I’ve been lying
And the last one to know that you’ve been crying
And the first one to go when the sun start’s shining
It’s coming around the bend
Nobody knows where I must travel
And God only knows it’s been such a hassle
But I suppose that it’s only natural
That I would feel this way
Come on baby don’t you feel the fusion?
Coming round amidst all this confusion
It’s coming closer every day
Come on baby don’t you hear the laughter
You should be happy now forever after
It’s coming closer every day
When it began I was lost in the ecstacy
And now I’m a man but it’s still got the best of me
And what can I do when my hope and my truth are
Both wrapped up in you?
Come on baby don’t you feel the fusion?
Coming round amidst all this confusion
It’s coming closer every day
Come on baby don’t you hear the laughter
You should be happy now forever after
It’s coming closer every day
Arise and awaken!
The morning is breaking
Asleep in your bedroom
You dream of the red moon
Uncover your eyes and see
You already know it’s me
Ablaze with desire
You gaze at the fire
Entrapped by emotion you balk at the notion
Of lovers and friends gone by
A series of vacant sighs
Darling you know that I love you
And I’ll always be there at your side
Everything that He gave me I gladly give unto you
If only you would be true
Afraid of the future
You’ve prayed as it suits you
Asleep on the dance floor
You lapse into metaphors
Interpret the mystery
And answer your inner dreams
How can I show you the answer?
Who can accept what I say?
When nobody cares anyway
Jerusalem if you could hear me if you could open your eyes
Maybe you’d realize
Arise and awaken!
It’s there for the taking
Rejoice and be thankful
It’s your chance to be grateful
I’m gratefully dead and gone
The ages are moving on
Why do the nations quake at your feet?
America smiles as she turns up the heat
“I am no widow,” she says in her heart
So rudely awakened as the nightmare starts
And the military leaders babble on
As a dark cloud gathers over Babylon
“Who is this enemy we can't perceive?”
The generals wonder as they scheme and deceive
“We have the weapons to banish all life
From this rotating sphere in the sun's waning light”
And the military leaders babble on
As a dark cloud gathers over Babylon
Try while you can to touch with your heart
What is numb to your hands
Gaze at the sky and see with your mind
What is blind to your eyes
“Where is the orchard I sowed in this place?
I nurtured and cared for this nomadic race
Many have gone to chase after the wind
But the soil was firm and a few anew will begin”
And the military leaders babble on
As a dark cloud gathers over Babylon
I'm missing you in the morning light
I can not see the day seems night
I call your name but the echo falls
And silence reigns in these empty halls
I'm missing you
I'm missing you
I'm missing you
I wonder why you have left me here
With no one there to hold me near
I catch her eyes but she turns away
To burn some time from her busy day
I'm missing you
I'm missing you
I'm missing you
I’m …
You walk along in a darkened cloud
As if you're clothed in a sackcloth shroud
You claim to know where you'll find your truth
But your salty tears they betray your youth
I'm missing you
I'm missing you
I'm missing you
I’m …
I'd love to share what is in my heart
We'd find love there and we'd never part
But who can say what is meant to be?
My Lord, you know what is best for me
I'm missing you
I'm missing you
I'm missing you
I’m …
My Lord, please don't let me stray from the path
“OK, just remember that I'm coming back
And I'll see what you're doing during the night
Who among you can hide when I shine my light?”
I know cause you told me so long long ago
These words they come to me form somewhere below
But my lord, you can lift me right out of this grave
So come along there is nobody else who can save
My Lord, is there nobody else who can see
All the love that you graciously gave unto me?
Is there no one to marvel at what you can do?
Let my lips never cease to proclaim I love you
In a world where confusion and doubt cloud the sky
You're a beacon of truth which has shined in my eye
Though the battle is fierce I'll emerge at the end
And this victory song will be heard by all men
I spent Christmas 1980 with my family in Spokane and returned to Seattle on the morning of December 26, eager to get back to my schoolwork. I went for a long run that day and something miraculous happened to me. When I got home I had an uncontrollable urge to find the copy of the New Testament that a Spokane neighbor had given to me as a high school graduation present, which I had never opened but I also knew was still in my possession. I devoured the entire book, convinced that every word was true. I wrote Cold Blows the Wind that very same day.
The following months were difficult, as I clumsily “witnessed” to my various family members, who became convinced that I must have a brain tumor or some other malady to have caused me to believe that the Bible could possibly be true. In March 1981, my Dad even arranged to have me detained in a hospital mental health facility for ten days, as they poked and prodded and scanned in vain to find a medical cause for what had happened to me. Alas (for my Dad), I was medically well – just a “Crazy Christian”!
Anyhow, the years of being the only Christian within my family of origin created various forms of relational stress that became the inspiration for more music. Nearly all of my songs began to have at least some mention of God and my new faith, but I also lived with a continuing sense of fear about sharing my faith with others, given what had happened to me in my first months as a new believer.
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