Oh

"Oh"
by Zach Power
11.13.08


while my head goes through cycles
the rhythm continues
and somewhere outside i am sitting and listening, carefully
embracing a pen recording events

down the street midnight traffic is minding
their cell phone calls, speedometers,
license plates, green yellow red lights
all while driving forward
the wind chime gently sways

rain drops have lost their immediacy
now resting on yellow leaves
waiting on gravity to again give them the rush
of free falling to earth
which they love so much

how i rest in the middle
between fact and fantasy
living so casually it makes me want anything
that might just be good for me
as long as it's good for you too

oh, how i struggle with the world
in ways i find so unimaginable

oh, how i want to find my way
through the illusions that seem impassible

oh, how you fill me with your spirit
so untarnished and remarkable

it all just makes me oh, so humbled
by the mystery of what we are

oh, how it makes me want to sing
oh, how it makes me sing

by now the passion is back in me
and there's so many memories flashing by
pushing their way to the surface
and i can't sit still
while my body gets these chills
there's just so much that's calling me back home
wherever that may be

i never meant to leave so recklessly
i didn't give myself enough time
to think through the consequences
of saying goodbye to everything i knew

what can i do now but hope and pray
that i might make it back to say
that you made me what i am and
i thank you for everything you've done
will you be there?

oh, how i struggle with the world
in ways i find so unimaginable

oh, how i want to find my way
through the illusions that seem so impassible

oh, how you fill me with your spirit
so untarnished and remarkable

it all just makes me oh, so humbled
by the mystery of what we are

oh, how it makes me want to sing
oh, how it makes me sing
oh, how it makes me want to sing
oh, how it makes me sing

oh, how it makes me sing