What if your spiritual journey was not based merely upon a book, ancient or new... nor was it held together or given credence by the opinions of others (professing to be experts on the matter)?
What if you could go straight to the source… and discover for yourself whether or not there was a God of love, grace and mercy?
It sounds rather dangerous doesn’t it… to be allowed such a privilege… the freedom to investigate without ‘adult supervision', to make these big decisions about the meaning of life… all on your own?
This seeking or questioning nature of mine has at times, I freely admit, led me into difficulties, especially with authority figures but without challenging, say, the very notion that there was no such thing as God... the strongly held ‘belief’ that intertwined my family and the artistic community into which I was born... well... I wonder what may have become of me?
My spirituality is shaped, not just by my atheist upbringing but also my first encounter with God, a kind of teenage ‘road to Damascus’ experience on a leafy suburban street in Sydney. This awakening of mine may have been a little different to some, for it was to a spiritual being rather than any religious faith or creed. I had peeked behind the curtains of doubt and rationality and on discovering that this alternative universe was governed by a creator, an artisan... well, I opened the curtains a little wider and, with no one around to stop me... I stepped right in. And, it was the beginning of an amazing journey not even Tolkien could have imagined.
And so, here I am today in this world of great confusion and chaos and, with my ears ringing from all the weighty arguments ‘in the name of God’ flying about social media (and the like)… I find myself, drifting further and further away from the ‘ maddening crowd’, the noise and the clutter… to seek out the mysterious God, the one I first noticed in the stars, the wind, the trees and… once my eyes had become accustomed to his ways… everything in and around me.
"I hear the sound of the waves crashing to the shore.
You draw in me... into the deep
Deeper than I've been before"
lyrics
It's Always You
(c) Chris Falson 2015, Leather Chair Songs (ASCAP)
Before me
Behind me
Beside me
All around me
It's you
I know it's you
It's you
It's always You
Beneath me
Above me
Within me
All through me
It's you
I know it's you
It's you
It's always
I hear the sound of the waves
crashing to the shore
you draw me in
into the deep
Deeper than I've been before
You think of me
and you want me
so you chase me
until you find me
And then you carry me home
Carry me, carry me
Yes you carry me home
credits
released August 31, 2017
All instruments, vocals, noise, mistakes, tracking, mixing and artwork by Chris Falson
Singer-songwriter, studio musician, composer, producer, entrepreneur, touring artist, published
author.
With 14 solo albums to date, Chris has performed all around the world for audiences of between one and one hundred thousand. Highlights include Wembley Stadium, The LA Coliseum, Shea Stadium, a bell tower in Burglen and for Pope John Paul’s visit to the US in ’93....more
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