Slow Giving - Daniel Lanois

Slow giving, slow coming

Slow giving, slow coming

Joy giving, joy coming

Love giving, love coming

Angel, I’ve seen you in the rocket speed

I’ve seen you in the ground that feeds

My angel, with me you’ve crawled through the trenches

Forever scaling my defences

I need you now in my rebel mind

Please lock the door and hang a sign

My heart is open wide but the bleeding’s hard to stop

Explain to me what is and what is not

What is, what is, what is

Slow giving, slow coming, you’re my world apart

Slow giving, slow coming, what a fall, what a fall

Joy giving, joy coming

Love giving, love coming

Angel, until the beast in me forever burns

It’s hard to know which way to turn

On the guard rail of your twenty five years

I feel the piercing ember of every tear

On a desert plain, on my knees

Broken and ragged, saying please, baby, please, baby, please

Oh angel, I’ve lost so many times

Please, please show me a sign

On a pretty lip, on a broken grip

Don’t let me bring the roof down, let me build my spirit sound

I’m standing right back where I started

Please let me stay open hearted

Oh my angel, my sweet angel, angel