Lyrics, Lamentations & Love Songs*

(sometimes) wake a little lonely stirring in my heart stings  gentle reminders  from all the time before me take a breathe just try to be it isn’t easy to find peace when I’ve known so much of that other thing (yet I still try to believe) that there’ll be a day  when all the wandering  when all the time taken to find myself might open and reveal all this  that surrounds me will show that it is real (not that I doubt all that we feel) it’s just (sometimes) I wake a little lonely eight years on my own makes somedays a little too real and I feel 12/09/25 clc

Looking up Into the heavens End of Night Before the Dawn Finding refuge In my coffee Sitting still With a deep yawn  Seeking solace As my spirit starts to wake Knowing I am So small Amidst all that swirls  at break of day The universe seems distant Like the stars that soon will fade I take another sip Rising to shower Knowing my way Will be full of all The trappings We humans fall into And enjoy Lost so easily Is the hope Covered by all the noise Take a breath Wait… Knowing There’s another way Your ways are higher I look to the skies But really just need to listen And find the wonder in my eyes Your Spirit is alive Amidst the miles that lay ahead And will be with me Until I lay my head Back down to sleep Counting sheep I call out Wondering if you’re near Silly after all these years You’d think I’d remember all the clear Reminders of your breath Whispered in my ear All the times I’ve heard you Amidst times of joy And deepest fear I stop this morning And recognize Thankful for t...

You Love me in the mornings When my soul, barely awake Restless in my core Feel my body shake I am lonely But I know I’m not alone Often wonder What it’s like to feel ‘home’ Tears stream down In these emotions I almost drown Somber Without a reason The world would understand Just the weight I carry Burden I have to lay down Each day I wake I hope for it to ease And many days  He gives that gift to me But I wrestle I fight My spirit Knows my life Depends on breath From the only place That brings rest… <breathe> 12/01/25 clc The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.” Jeremiah 31:3

Fearing the dark Our sinful days Brought us to ruin Yet, we stayed in places made of Darkness and of stone There - We were always so alone Then light shined Blinding as we drew near We didn’t understand We’d lived so long With out any clear Direction  Our path seemed straight Until the light shone And showed us  The way And the dawning  Of our hearts  Into a world we’d  Never known Walking toward redemption Never again alone All that fear Though it may Rear its ugly head Can simply ‘Go to hell!’ That’s where it  Will find itself In the end And the light shines And we still reckon With its might On cold, cloudy mornings  It keeps shining bright From deep inside Where we like to hide… It now resides. 11/30/25 clc “Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan— The...

Oh, Israel  Will you not see? There is coming A babe, a newborn king In a stable Adorned in light From the single star Punctuating the night No ceremony Proclaiming his birth The lowliest of circumstance  This child would walk the earth A stranger Among your streets Oh, Israel Why would you not believe? All it takes Is to believe… Oh, Israel  11/30/25 clc “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” Isaiah‬ ‭7‬:‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Isaiah, we are ready You shared the news,  We humbly wait  Until God opens the heavens  And we’ll sing  our song of praise  Ten thousand angelic voices At the ready for this good news As the world rests Unaware  The time is coming soon Hallelujah From the heavens Bursting forth In jubilee We sing  Our mighty anthem For the king of kings Born a babe In Galilee  in a humble stable While angels sing The earth awakes  While angels sing  11/30/25 clc “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” Isaiah‬ ‭7‬:‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬