The Watchful Heart (Remastered)
Track 5
There’s a quiet in the evening And a whisper in the flame I’m listening for the footsteps Calling out my name
Ten candles in the doorway Where the midnight wine your cold Some carried oil inside their hearts Some only carry gold
The cry came through the darkness Now the bridegroom draws so near Five lamps were burning steady light And five fell short of here
Keep the little light out giving Keep it warm and bright The door is open in any hour or night Keep the lamp, keep the watch
Fill it with your love till the shadows drop When the world grows still and the stars we need Yeah, yeah, let me be awake when you come again A master left his household and he said a steward’s care
To give their food in season and attend with patient prayer But some began to be the ones they promised they would feed I wanna be the faithful heart that serves in word and deed Not for the praise of passing days, but for the joy to see
The master smile and call my name You’ve watched and awaited me
Keep the lamp, keep the watch Fill it with your love till the shadows drop When the world grows still and the stars lean in Let me be awake when you come again
Like a thief without a warning Like a sudden break of life You will step across the threshold of our ordinary night Teach my soul the simple posture
Steady hands and open eyes Let my lamp be trimmed and burning When the bridegroom splits the skies Keep the lamp, keep the watch
Fill it with your love till the shadows drop If the midnight call is on the wind Find me wide awake when you come again
Keep the lamp, keep the watch Fill it with your love till the shadows drop When the world grows still and the stars lean in Let me be awake when you come again
There’s a quiet in the evening And a whisper in the flame I’m waiting with a watchful heart Till you call my name
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