Haste - Off Parting Sound Lyrics
Farther off the course,it seems we are driftinggrab at anything justto call ourselves back homeThis sea is furiousShe has lost patience and thuswe will sip now from our early gravesWe built the craft and chosethe course farthest from sufferingSleep now with proud heartsand with dreams to wakeshould we weather this dayShall we brave againstthe unknown obstacles set on our wayor give her up to where the winds may lead?It seems the easy wayMoments from sinkingmonument gray facesare the weary from the strainour wills give way to hungeris the sacrifice too great?As men do tired minds wanderCan our course now be changed?My captain, we are taking on waterThis ship has run agroundWe have risked this shallow channel...drowning off parting soundThe breath of Christ in mewith every toss of the wavesI've found that there is so much more to thisComfort still gets in the waySomehow, at the end of thiswith every wind at my sail I'll touch groundWhen my comes in.."If only tired bones were made of wood"we could say"we could give up this endless task"Despite the rising tidethe weather-worn shipremains steady and uprightSet out in search of greater thingsand we nearly lost our wayThe breath of Christ in mewith every toss of the wavesI've found that there is so much more to thisComfort still gets in the waySomehow, at the end of thiswith every wind at my sail I'll touch groundWhen my comes in...
