Lonely Moses
I’ve tried to view myself Biblically in this song – as a hard-hearted criminal, a prayerless saint, an unfaithful wife. Note: Lonely Moses is not a song to record at a 6:30 a.m. concert, but I did it anyway.
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Lonely Moses
I should come like a penitent criminal,
but I don’t know if I could.
I’ve thought to slip out from this place where the shadows fall,
but I don’t know if I should
darken the light with my presence,
ask you for mercy in the faces of all I deserve
still I come, still I come, still I come to you
tiptoeing softly, watching my feetMy twilight songs should be sweet to awake the dawn
but roosters are crowing before I know what I’ve said.
I should lift high with these trees all my praises tall
but look at my weary limbs
I’m one lonely Moses in the desert
sleeping when I should be praying
and pounding these stones
still I come, still I come, still I come to you
sleepy and thirsty, dragging my feetI should flow to you free like a waterfall
but my damned heart’s a stone
I’ve lifted my skirts till my love is a free-for-all.
It should be yours alone
will I ever wear white in your chamber
lift up my eyes to a lover who’ll call me his bride
will you come, come you come, will you come to me
breaking my hard heart, washing my feet
melting my cold heart, washing my feet12
- Written by Justin Brock – sometime in 2000. [↩]
- Download: http://justinbrock.com/audio/songs/Lonely-Moses-final.mp3 [↩]
