Stolen Lyrics Of The Day

While I was in Stockholm, Richard introduced me to Bebo Norman. I've been listening for a few days now, and I'm impressed. The man doesn't bat 1000, but when he hits, he hits big, and some of his songs are absolutely drenched in honesty and passion. Today, I like this one, called Healing Song.

I can tell by this crack of light
Oh girl this is gonna be, it's gonna be a beautiful day
And I can tell by this stretch of silver
Spreading all out across the curves of your face

And for the love, for the love of God
I've gathered up my pride, I've gathered up my bits and bone
And in a world that broke me down
I'm standing up, but not alone

'Cause this is a healing song, oh and I've got a heart that fails
But love is pushing me along, I'm lifting up above this veil
This is a healing song, oh and I don't know if you can tell
But love is pushing me along
I'm pressing up against the rail, pressing up against the rail

I can smell the summer in the air
And I swear I can almost see, I can almost see my soul
Son, I know that it don't seem fair
But I'm turning away from here, and oh Lord, I am coming home

I've got friends here that love me
I've got all this mercy beating in my blood
And I've got friends here that love me
And that's something good, that's something good

'Cause this is a healing song, oh and I've got a heart that fails
But love is pushing me along, I'm lifting up above this veil
This is a healing song, oh and I don't know if you can tell
But love is pushing me along
I'm pressing up against the rail, pressing up against the rail

You and I, we've come so far
We've come so far, we cannot look back
I said you and I, we've come so far
We've come so far, we cannot look back

"I've got friends here that love me; I've got all this mercy beating in my blood". Good words to enter the weekend by.

You can hear a few seconds of it here... just imagine that voice continuing with that gorgeous, lilting rhythm that comes in at the end. I tried to find the link on iTunes, but they won't let me look at the store unless I install their software, and last time I did that it took me about 6 months to clean out all the other crap that came with it. But if your computer is already infected, I'm sure you can find him there. ;-)