Daviesteelman - Grey Rocks Lyrics

The wind wheels
From a place of grey rocks
Black stones
And stinging spray

It whirls and returns
Its voice loud and empty
The rocks fall, pulverise, consolidate, rise up, and fall again

The sea surges
To the tug of the moon
Advancing, receding
Restless and cold

The spaces seethe
There's a mist of ancient stars in tatters across the sky
And the wordless voice of the yawning spaces calls

And I am filled with that cry
Dumb, and charged with longing
Oh, come Lord, quickly come

Round up the scattering stars
Give language to the voice of silence
Take all the old things
And make them new
Tie off this unravelling thread of time
Come and rescue your desolate bride
Break open the universe and come in
Come in, come in, oh, come in

Tectonic plates move
Land masses break up and drift apart
Life teems and swarms on sea and land

Epochs unfold
Exploiting resources, jostling for dominance
Species adapt or fail

Down on the savannah
One species stands up and looks around
Desires lordship of all it surveys

Millennia pass
The human tide washes over continents
The silence retreats

Centuries pass
The tide of human affairs rises and falls
Everything changes; it all stays the same

Endless recombinations
But the same old fault lines run right through
Under the sun there's nothing new

Tune in to the chatter
It all merges into a single sound
It's that same old wordless cry

And I am filled with that cry
Dumb, and charged with longing
Oh, come Lord,come Lord, quickly come

Round up the scattering stars
Give language to the voice of silence
Take all the old things
And make them new
Tie off this unravelling thread of time
Come and rescue your desolate bride
Break open the universe and come in
Come in, come in, oh, come in

In the space between heartbeats
Between breaths out and in
Your hand is protecting the flame of my life

In sunlight and in shadow
In starlight and in moonglow
You always are my guide and my direction
My protection
My direction
My protection