oh lord you are here

oh lord you are here
oh lord this gift i've been keeping
oh lordie you can recieve it
it's so old and very
special to me
oh lord you are here
oh lord hear my song
i say it to the high hills
surrounding our long
stay in this place
oh lord
let me see your face
oh lord i'm terribly
longingly waiting for an embrace
and for a longtime misplaced
and unafraid
and now i'm standing
with this unworthy gift i've been keeping
shaking and the tape
has come all out of the cassette
sir, i have nothing else left

oh what for
i'm one day no more
let's give up a little
but not all of it
and see what gives or caves
or bends and breaks
lets give up a little
and hide the rest of it
and secretly bury it
in the ground
under the mattress
hide the paper trail beneath the stereo equipment
and follow one light
burning in the night
the one star that shines the brightest
and with all things cries the loudest
and see what gives