Musically, I love the way it goes from a lullaby to a love song, then into a full-on rock song, to go back to a mix of the first two. The initial chords came while I was leading worship in my small group a few months back during a contemplative moment.
Here it is:
Turnaround
20/02/2011-04/04/2011
Dedicato a Gesù e Neko-chan
My heart sinks walking home, I purse my lips and groan,
As frustrations start to surface and I’m alone…
Sit and ponder in my room, in moody ambient gloom,
Disappointment strangles and worries loom.
But you, you call out my name,
Oh you, you call me by name,
And the air, all around has become an embrace.
My whole world is turned around, while sitting in the same place.
How can I put words to moments like these?
You’ve stuck your hand in my heart and are helping me breathe!
After writing a few refrains the lyrics always sound the same,
How can asking for your filling sound so banal and mundane?!
So come on and tell me the story once again
Of how you sought me out to be my lover and friend,
Though I rejected you and couldn’t see
That you were the only true one for me!
Oh the love – you expound
In this masterful turnaround!
How you blow me away
Every single time you find me!
You catch me unawares,
Cast away my fears,
Show me how you’ve answered all the prayers
That I would’ve prayed
Had I ever only dared to trust in your name…
And now I, I realise, the need to sacrifice
All the things I hold dear but make my affections unclear,
To make my heart completely yours, and thus make my joy secure,
And anything that Love would plan, I will take from your hand.
An’ so now I’ve come home,
At the feet of your throne.
Basking in your presence I will never be alone.
