Rich Mullins - The Howling Lyrics
I can see the iron horses' tracksPressed in the mud from the weight of all that steam and steelBut the wind don't blow where you want it to goNo, the wind just goes where it will and you followI can feel the breath of winterDriving this snow across these newly-whited plainsTakes my breath from me and it leaves me fallingThen it picks me up again in its own strengthAnd I can hear the wild wind howlingAnd I can feel it in my bonesAnd I know that the howling will take me homeI can see some traveller's footprintsThere's a little bit of blood in every step he madeI wonder what kind of burden he's bearingThat has cut him so deeply every step along the long, long wayIn the west I see an eveningThis scarlet thread stretched beneath the gathering darkRed as the blood on the hands of the SaviorAnd rich as the mercy that flowed from His broken heartAnd I can hear the wild wind howlingAnd I can feel it in my bonesAnd I know that the howling will take me homeThese men of violence, they have made this a world full of warsOh God break Your silence and let Your justice shine forthShow some mercy, Oh Lord'Cause I can see a people dispossessedBroken and brave in the face of so much fearDriven from their homes by the greed of a nationWhose treaties were as good as litterAlong the trail of their tearsI can see the Covenant colorsThe sun and the rain have woven against the blue of the skyAnd I know if we live we will live by His promiseI know He who made it andAnd I'm sure that He would not lieAnd I can hear the wild wind howlingAnd I can feel it in my bonesAnd I know that the howl
