Ignite

Every now and then, I write a song. I finished this one a couple of months ago and it's been bursting out of my ever since. Hi world, here is "Ignite".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK5O8s5tXOI

Lyrics -

There's a newness to the morning,
although why, I cannot say
There's a tedium of splendor
in a simple, quiet way
Though I tend to look about me
at the suffering and pain,
Still the sun blooms bright the dawn,
igniting hopefulness again

I could draw a circle 'round me,
put on some protective hood
Try to cast the shadows out,
be a puritan of good
Yet a life behind locked doors,
surely that's not how to live?
Not when there is so much more
Which I could learn and try to give

Refrain:
Weight of glory, hold me down,
give a balance to my being
So confused that I could drown,
with every truth that I am seeing
For the terror and the joy,
battle stark as night and day
I will live with faith and love
I know no lovelier way

There's a magnitude of sorrow
with an overflow of grace
Days when loss makes thin the air,
days when mercy has a face
When I fall will I still know,
how to rise and walk and be?
Taking up shield and armor
using what is given me

Refrain:
Weight of glory, hold me down,
give a balance to my being
So confused that I could drown,
with every truth that I am seeing
For the terror and the joy,
battle stark as night and day
I will live with faith and love
I know no lovelier way

Bridge:
Hallowed ground, oh let me stand
Drinking from this well of life
Eternity blooms in Your hand
Let me fear not death’s cold knife
Spark in me some greater purpose
Truth and hopefulness, ignite
Running ever onward, upward
Know my soul’s one true delight
Running ever onward, upward
Know my soul’s one true delight

Refrain:
Oh weight of glory, hold me down,
give a balance to my being
So confused that I could drown,
with every truth that I am seeing
For the terror and the joy,
battle stark as night and day
I will live with faith and love
I know no lovelier way-ay!
Let me live with faith and love
Ignite my life to know Your way