Shasta's Complaint

Waves that beat upon the shore, they brought no peace

Somewhere else I must belong, somewhere for me

Who was it left me there, a boy scared and alone?

No, I don’t think you heard me calling, always thought, He must not know

Surely He would never leave me, wouldn’t leave me here alone

You tell me now that I was never on my own?

Well pardon me, I don’t remember you at all

Cause with my back against the tomb, I called you out

But I don’t think I heard your answer, I don’t think I heard a sound

I don’t recall you in my anger or remember you around

But He answered: Who are you to question me?

Do you command the mountains or calm the raging sea?

For I am the current, there to save your life

A man may find his eye deceiving, a fool holds on to trust his sight

A wise man knows that his own feeling may not with the truth align

And you think that you have never seen my face?

But every moment you’re alive, you know my grace

For only death in this whole world is justly deserved

And you say that I never answer, just because you have not heard

But you don’t know yet how to listen or to understand my words

My love, I cared for you

I was the comfort you felt in the house of the dead

I drove from you

Beasts in the night, all of this I have done while you slept

All by my design

Every chapter and word I’ve written every line

All by my design

Every chapter and word I’ve written every line