(Billy Aldredge 9/19/99)
I HAVE SEEN UNCHARTED LAND
THROUGH AN EAGLES EYES,
GLIDING THROUGH THE HEAVEN,
SEEKING TRUTH WHILE LIVING LIES.
I HAVE KNOWN THE WORDS OF GOD
AND TURNED AWAY IN FLIGHT.
CLAIMING TO HAVE SOME POWER,
YET DANCE WITH THE DEVIL AT NIGHT
I HAVE BEEN AN ACTOR ON THIS GREAT STAGE OF LIFE;
DELUSIONAL, PRIDEFUL, SHAMEFUL, NOT WORTHY OF THE LIGHT.
LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF DEATH
I WELCOMED HER EMBRACE.
CONSUMED BY WINE MY BROKEN SPIRIT
HAD FALLEN FROM HIS GRACE.
ARRIVING AT THE CROSSROADS
AND TREMBLING WITH FEAR.
LIFE ITSELF I SABOTAGED.
WHICH PATH TO TAKE UNCLEAR.
MANY A BETTER MAN THAN I HAD PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE,
I SENSED IT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE BREEZE.
THEY, LIKE ME HAD PROFOUNDLY CHANGED,
ARRIVED ON BENDED KNEES
AS FOR ME MY THROAT WAS DRY.
WITH REMORSE I SWALLOWED HARD.
HOW DID I BECOME THIS MAN, I SWORE I'D NEVER BE.
FROM THE GUILTY DEPTHS OF MY DROWNING SOUL,
THROUGH SALTY TEARS I MOANED.
ARRIVING AT THE CROSSROADS I WAS NOT ALONE.
INTERVENING WAS THE HOLY GHOST.
RECLAIMING MY LOST SOUL.
THE SUPREME ACT OF PROVIDENCE
WAS THERE TO MAKE ME WHOLE.
SO FEAR NOT MY BROTHER WHEN ALL HAS FAILED.
THIS IS YOUR DARKEST HOUR, YOU ARE JUST A
BREATH AWAY FROM HIS ALMIGHTY POWER.
REJOICE LOST SOUL, RELEASE YOUR PAIN.
THE TRUTH IS IN THE BREEZE.
THE BREATH OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP,
WHEN YOU ARRIVE ON BENDED KNEES.