The lights glow on in the green-black night
The trees tall and vigilant like knights in shining armor
You just stand there and feel the night tingling against your skin
And the insects cry out in anger under the low-hanging moon
Long nights have I journeyed to your weary shores
And now here I must crash down at your feet
You live and you try and you fall down and die
The pennies that you earned are scattered on the wind
All that's gained is suddenly lost again
And what you worked so hard to win is lost
But in your grief I find a meaning that is substantial
And crashing waves rush ahead for your victory
They take back the part of you that was lost
They take it back into the dark and lonesome eternity
It's lost and no one can get it back again
But there's meaning in the tears that are shed
Maybe we must suffer to go home again
Maybe suffering is necessary to the returning
I fell down at your feet and asked for mercy
I didn't know what you would do
You smiled and told me to get up and help you
And I did it without fear
We'll go on this way a million miles
A million miles and eternity
Let's get lost in eternity
In Jesus' Name,
Amen