New Song: So Far Away (Unbroken Bone)

I'm excited to show you this new, original composition.  My first songwriting collaboration with Godfrey Porter, we played this on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church.  The lyric will mean different things to different people, but the longing and loss come through clearly.  Thanks for listening, Shinyhead fans!

So Far Away (Unbroken Bone)
Lyrics by Dave Martin
Music by Dave Martin and Godfrey Porter

Two days and two long nights
Since my Father left this life
Body broken and pierced and frayed[1]                                                           
I wailed where you were laid

I was there to quench your lips[2]
I drank in your light until it was eclipsed[3]
Hung my head and sealed the stone[4]
Broken body, unbroken bone[5]

I can feel where your vessel lays
I stand at guard only steps away
But you’re so far away from me
You’re so far away from me

A memory so clear: I sit aglow in your allure                                   
So inspired and so sure, never fearing for hate
Now I dwell on the hurt, and the pain,
And the fear: I will never regain you

Oh my Father, oh my teacher, 
I fear I’ll seek but never reach you
Forgive me if I appear weak but
Father, why have you forsaken me?[6]

Eloi, Why? Eloi, Why? [7]

If I could only have a sign that the time of your reign could come again
If there was only a way I could know you today like I did before
I plea for clarity and reassurance but my prayers go ignored
All I can do is weep and wait another day

But you’re so far away from me
You’re so far away from me

Still I believe

[1] John 19:35
[2] John 19:30
[3] Luke 23:44
[4] Matthew 27:66
[5] John 19:33
[6] Mark 15:34
[7] Mark 15:34