Dark Fields

I don’t mind the anger, I understand the grief
And you get a little fiercer if it’s attention that you seek
So when there’s thunder on the mountain
I’ll give glory where it lands
I’ll lavish the abiding, but it’s silence I can’t stand

The imprint of the Maker is built within the blood
The hope of full redemption is felt in every flood
I brought you to the river
We baptized every step
I lost you in the current, but you haven’t left me yet

You’ve got me hurting, you’ve got me worrying like a long-distance lover’s fight
You’ve got aching, you’ve got me waiting Oh, I’m wide awake at night

I don’t want your religion, I don’t want the pages thin
I don’t want the distant message that changes every spin
I just want a word resounding, pressed into the flesh

A presence for the children, a lift after the ledge
You’ve got me wishing, you’ve got me sitting in dark fields without a light
You’ve got me walking, please keep on talking
Oh, I’m wide awake at night

Oh like water wasted oh like too much tasted
Come I’m waiting
running through the distance, you could run on

You’ve got me trembling, on the edge of singing
So close that I could bite
You’ve me wondering, You’ve got me watching
Oh, I’m wide awake tonight