I’ve been listening to Matthew Perryman Jones on repeat for days. There’s something so soothing about his voice, and his lyrics speak straight to my heart. This one song resounds in my mind long after I’ve turned the music off. The first two verses of Until the Dawn Appears reflect the past year or more of my life, but the song reminds me that the struggle isn’t the end result. There are far better eternal days ahead than the fleeting ones of the past, and that truth brings hope in light of worldly despair. I mean, how awesome is it to know that we are justified by our faith in Christ and promised life eternal, free of sorrow and tears? “And my heart will hang on until that dawn appears.”
Check out the song and tell me what you think. I’m thinking about making another print for the last few lines of the song, but I thought I’d go ahead and put this one out there.
I’ve been turning up the stones in my own discontent,
And I’m finding out where all my hidden sorrows went.
They’ve been laying there for years;
I kept them out of view,
But it’s time I dust you off and take a good look at you.
Oh, how long?
Oh, how long?
Well it’s easier to clench your fists and grind your teeth
Than to look into the sadness that lives underneath.
Well you can kill off all those feelings,
They’ll just turn to ghosts;
They’ll take over your house and become the host.
Oh, how long?
Oh, how long?
Well a man of sorrows walked the shores of Galilee,
And his eyes were cast with joy towards the Crystal Sea.
Well the shadows will be gone and all these bitter tears,
And my heart will hang on that until the dawn appears.
Oh, how long?
Oh, how long?
Oh, you, you won’t let me go….
a thousand new paths 