Whale

Whale
From
Jubilee
2023 FreshGrass song cycle commission
Becky Buller,
Goodnight
Sparky
Music,
BMI
We were tossed on the sea
In a terrible storm
So, like Jonah, I told them
To throw me overboard
They said then it calmed down
As for me, I wouldn’t know
‘Cause I was sinking like a stone
Losing air in my lungs
Crushed by the weight
Of the done and undone
When something real big
Swallowed me whole
I couldn’t see and it smelled bad
In that hell all those fathoms below
To the roots of the mountains
Looming over me
We dove for what
Seemed like eternity
I lay there in a tangle
My
fl
esh had given up
But The Spirit said “Never!”
With a bold and reckless laugh
Interceded in wordless
Groans on my behalf
’Til my mind cleared just a little
And a little was enough
I surrendered my attention
To that all-consuming Love
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