Name: Caoimhe's Violin
Duration: P00H03M26S
Description: Chorus taken from a Catholic hymn.

Caoimhe's Violin

by Angie McGrath

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Chorus taken from a Catholic hymn.

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I checked to see that you weren't looking
As I stumbled through
I searched the heads of blinded children
For the face of you
Would you follow with those children
Buying excess time?
But you let them pass in moderation
Filing up for wine
And they sing

"Here I am, Lord
Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night
I will go, Lord
If you lead me
I will hold your people in my heart"

I run to my own bitter wine
And leave you lead the hordes
The black time and the acid burning
Are my only Lords
And if I weep, and think I not
Of why I let him through
I find that, still, my clouded thoughts
Come tripping back to you
And why pray I, don't sing

Here you are, Lord
Is it you, Lord?
Have you heard Him calling in the night?
Will you go, Lord
If He leads thee?
I will hold your people in my heart

Here in the place I used to find it peaceful
To be lulled by the sound of Caoimhe's violin
Now I can't breathe, and the hymns are suffocating
And I pray that you're not sleeping
To the sighing of Caoimhe's violin

And there you are, Lord
Please don't be you, Lord
Tell me you've not heard Him calling in the night
And you won't go, Lord
Even if He needs thee
And I still hold your people in my heart

I think you hold my people in your heart

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released April 5, 2018

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