Eliza Gilkyson - Emmanuel by Eliza Gilkyson lyrics

When at first I came into this land In the highlands I did dwell Where ancient winged masters taught The depths of wisdom well Emmanuel, he walked with me And secrets he did share: The order of the swirling stars The laws of earth and air The golden pipes of heaven He entrusted in my care And I sang of the mercy of Emmanuel In time I went a-wandering into the world of man And though I knew the sacred songs My separate dreams began And when I thought the pipes were mine My eyes grew blind as well My soul from heights of heaven fell Emmanuel Slumbering, sleeping Slipping through seasons of silent night: The servant The snake The soldier A storm A poet A mother A child stillborn A rock A star A drunk in a bar How many more times dancing the skin dance Sorting the systems of violence, romance? Sobbing the sorrow Walking the wheel Hiding the horror Fighting the feel Pushing the wheel Like a rock up a hill Until, until, until… I'm drawn so slowly step by step Out of this darkened place So unaccustomed to the light So wary of its grace Oh, how I long to hear the pipes I held before I fell And sing the ancient songs of love Emmanuel From out of dreams awakening It seems ten thousand years Since I beheld my true love's face And cried these cleansing tears The song's returning one by one Out of my memory's well How can I lay them at your feet Emmanuel? Can I lay them at your feet Emmanuel? --- .