S O N G: Falling on Deaf Ears by Hail the Sun
i’m stuck with you not here not loud enough to quench the doubts
i’m visited by your utter silence the perfect background for my outcry
i’m taught by stale proverbial wisdom make light flash, do miracles i’d still prefer you near
i’m bid to come and die beaten path to tred i don’t even want to try
i’m lots of things so what are you i’m tired of guessing i want to believe
Thanks for this song request, Jacob! I enjoyed listening to it on repeat. Though the feelings in this song are intense and perhaps scary to sit in, I walked for about a year through an intense period of anger, confusion, and doubt. It was my senior year of high school right before I started college. I remember praying one night and it felt like my prayer hit the ceiling and fell right back down onto my chest. The "powerless" prayer sat heavy on my heart, mocking my disillusionment. The thoughts that ensued for the next year sounded an awful lot like the lyrics of this song. I struggled to believe God was real. But all I knew to do was to return to the Bible, convinced that the Word of God contains the power of God to manifest the realness of God to my crippled, doubting soul. After awhile, the cloud began to subside and I found God to be near, powerful, and real again. Praise the Lord for His Word! May we return to it with all of our questions, needs, and joys.
“Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” James 1:21
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