without you

Without You, we’re wandering deserts

Without You, we’re heavy with burdens

Milk and honey running dry 

When we’re making our own way

Under heaven’s heavy eye, Without You

Without You, we’re praying to idols

Without You, we trust in our own hands

Sweat and toil, sow and reap

When we’re making our own way

Just to toss in troubled sleep, Without You

Emmanuel, draw near and and dwell with us. 

Without You, we’re far from our homeland

Without You, we’re under a tyrant

We are one with Babylon

When we’re making our own way

 Prisoners without a song, Without You

Without You, we’re up on the mountain

Without You, we’re staring at Canaan,

This is where the journey’s done

When we’re making our own way

Hopeless way without the Son, Without You

Emmanuel, draw near and and dwell with us. 

-B. James

Bri wrote this song a few months ago for church. It's one of my new favorite songs - period.

 I'll have to post a recording of it one of these days...

Art: a monoprint I did in college - circa 2006