Happy is the One

Happy is the one whose sin
freely is forgiven
whose innocence has been declared
by the Lord of heaven,
Happy is the one.

I cried 'till I could cry no more
when my guilt in me remained;
I fell beneath the burning sun
'till forgiveness brought the rain
Happy is the one.

When I let my heart be known
and my confession made,
then I saw your mercy flow
to wash my guilt away.
Happy is the one.

People let your voice be heard
in prayer before your God:
He alone can rescue you
from trouble like a flood
Happy is the one.

Come out, come out,

Come out, come out,

It’s true out here.

Release your grip on tiresome truths

Release your fears which strangle you

Shake off the wrappers, the grime, the dirt

Speak from your heart

It will never hurt.

How far can this go, this self-righteous deal

How far can this go, this self-righteous deal

The days of danger lingerly stroll like a balancing act

of ice and fire, salt and steel

There’s nothing here for your soul

It spreads out before like poisonous mud

It grips you in and clogs up your blood

There will come a time when we will all have to cry

We will have to cry before we die

Some are dead already they say with a moan

Some moan already they say with the dead

I’m here now down on my hands and my knees

But they would rather be dead than turn their keys

Oh I could howl all night

I could howl at the moon, at the stars and sky

I could howl with you

I could howl into the air

My howling would find no reward

except myself feeling sad

I shall cry but my tears can not be seen

I shall sing but my voice will not be heard

This is a world of iron and steel

This is a world where death is the only word

I am free, so free, yet I still slightly fear.

I am free, so free, yet I still slightly fear.

I can walk this land and yet I don’t see you.

All is so clear and shameless out there,

But here with you it is stained and bitter

Filled with your fear and filled with your want

You don’t see me but you think you do

I know so, you look away with self reassurance

It’s not me you see, you see a face

The one you used to know

How can I be here when I’m not?

I am up there in the stars with the love

And the care of His Hand

This place betrays me

It leaves me dying

I die so badly, I cry free my chains

My chains crash and crash and crash on the floor

And there I float shining pure

I’m free again with my enormously quiet heart

So open to your scathing tongue

I’m free, I’m free, I’m free, yet I

Slightly, ever so slightly fear

How can I go on?

I am a bell full of secrets

I am a bell full of secrets

I am a sea full of charm

I am the grass so long and caring

I am the river so smooth and daring

I am the streams so shiny and clean

I am the bubbles so fluffy and meek

I am the air so clear and sweet

I am the rocks so great and awesome

I am the soil so bright and burning

Quick, I am off into the night to tell of my tale.

I am half spirit, half woman

I am half spirit, half woman

I float each hour with miraculous movement

I display twirls with my arms

I flick off air with my lashes

I taste the damp cold breath

I sit open-eyed at the balmy stone air

The light bulb’s glare and the glows which abound.

I sit here like a boulder.

I am pursed up tight.

I can unwind and gush like a river

My limbs can fall like branches through the air

I feel them not

They hang like feathers

Am I alive?

My mouth open wide

My fingers are long, they hold the pen

The pen which writes

Who is writing?

Is this me?

I know not

I am half spirit, half woman.

I see the dots, the splashes, the splots.

I see everything out there.

It all seems to stare and bow down like bells of steel and cold stone and rocking branches, brick and gold.

I see it all.

It rises and rises.

The sky is velvet with a hollow voice

The hollow voice smiles

The voice reaches out

It says fear not

It says, stay true

Follow me and you will make it through

I am half spirit, half woman

If I love I will love all the way through you.

I have finally climbed and climbed

I have finally climbed and climbed,

I have finally dragged myself up,

I have contorted and twisted and squirmed myself free

I have pushed and thumped and wrenched at my cage

I have kicked and shoved the gates open wide

I have shaken every fear inside

I have rattled and rocked my sides down

I have leapt myself out of my skin

At last I see the deadly sin.

God has set me free.