Voices From The Shore

I hear the voices from the shore

They say: Come home, young man, come home

The chorus grows with every mile and lures me in with hellish tones, one more night, a lover cries

Come back to bed and you’ll find your rest

Your bed’s a coffin, I reply

Your love’s the doorway that will lead me to my death

(Get back)

Still her voice is stirring and I can’t drown it out with just a word

Make haste, make haste, I tell myself

You must learn to let go of her, you must let go

Another voice transcends the miles

Deadly as poison but sweet as wine

Come out tonight, she says to me

And we’ll have ourselves a good old time

Remember that night we sang and danced and drank ourselves into a trance?

Course I remember, I shouted back

That’s the night I lost my innocence

But her voice lingers and I can feel it draw me even still

Make haste, make haste, I tell myself

Don’t let the lust control your will, you’ve had your fill

Now sorrow grips my warring mind as I think of the people still lining the shore. Lovers and friends I left behind because they couldn’t see what I left for. A one-night stand

A pint of beer

Did I find happiness in these?

I looked for peace in every pleasure but they only brought me further to my knees

Now a voice is calling me and I can feel it draw me out to Sea

Make haste make haste, it says to me

You must set sail to be set free, you must set sail, come away, come awake

Alas I hear a voice call out

He says: Come home, young man, come home

The chorus grows with every mile and lures me in with heavenly tone

One more step, my Savior cries

Come here to Me and I’ll give you rest

My feet hit the water and I run at last right through the door to life and death

And all the voices start to soften as I walk with my Savior on these waves

Be still be still, He tells my soul

Your sin is lying in the grave, don’t heed the voice from the shore

They have no power in this place, take heart take heart you’re in my arms

We’re walking on a Sea of Grace, your soul is safe