To Dust - The Collection

Teacher, you had mentioned me on the way to the dead sea

You said that You’d make the blind to see after three days

So I saw what I’d gotten into, and fell into a lions den

You can close every single mouth that they raise

Well, I remember when you’d dance with me

In the mud so ever frequently

Yeah, I didn’t wash my feet for weeks

For fear that the muddy healing would rub off

If You’d heal my brother

Will we know if he’s supposed to live, or die, or both?

And will he come home after three days?

Well, I used to not love You, but I changed my mind

And if that happened once, could it happen twice?

And how many times can I «still have faith»?

'Cause You are forever

And if we brave this weather

You go and walk across the water

To keep me from drowning to the bottom

Where he was laid

Beneath the falls and waves

Well I was staring, looking back out the keyhole of my door

You saw that I had seen You, and I fell to the floor

You were dancing with the children and loving all the broken

And I was too scared to come out

And then You busted through my doorway

And it seemed so very violent

But peaceful words came out and silenced all my silence

And I realized that the knowledge that I thought that I had known

Was nothing compared to You coming to my home

So maybe when I’m dead, You will answer all the questions

That all of us explained though we knew we didn’t know them

And wonder why true love would demand that death must be the cure?

So even if my anger and my pain have all continued

It could quickly fade if I’d receive a touch from You

And I would be content to forget everything I’ve known

To fall asleep right now, for good before Your throne