DANIEL LANOIS - The Maker

I know this song will never make the Oremus Hymnal 1940. But this is one of the most spiritual of the 'contemporary gospel' songs around. Has been one of my favorites for more than 20 years

The Maker - lyrics

Oh, Oh Deep water

Black, and cold like the night

I stand with arms wide open

I've run a twisted mile

I'm a stranger in the eyes of the Maker

I could not see for fog in my eyes

I could not feel for the fear in my life

From across the great divide

In the distance I saw a light

Jean Baptiste

walking to me with the Maker

My body is bent and broken

by long and dangerous leaps

I can't work the fields of Abraham

and turn my head away

I'm not a stranger in the eyes of the Maker

Brother John

Have you seen the homeless daughters

standing there with broken wings

I have seen the flaming swords

there over east of eden

burning in the eyes of the Maker

burning in the eyes of the Maker

burning in the eyes of the Maker

burning in the eyes of the Maker

oh river rise from your sleep