Abide Lyrics - A Permeable Life - Carrie Newcomer

I will bring a cup of water here's the best that I can offer 

In the dusk of coming night there is evidence of light. 

With the pattering of rain let us bow as if in grace 

Consider all the ways we heal and how the heart can break. 

Abide with me where its breathless and its empty 

Yes abide with me and we'll pass the evening gently. 

Stay awake with me and we'll listen more intently 

To something wordless and remaining, sure and ever changing In the quietness of now. 

Let us ponder the unknown, what is hidden and what's whole 

And finally learn to travel at the speed of our own souls. 

There is a living water a spirit cutting through 

Always changing always bringing all things new 

Abide with me where its breathless and its empty 

Yes abide with me and we'll pass the evening gently 

Stay awake with me and we'll listen more intently 

To something wordless and remaining, sure and ever changing in the quietness of now. 

There are things that I cannot prove and still somehow I know 

Its like a message in a bottle that some unseen hand has thrown. 

You don't have to be afraid you don't have to walk alone 

I don't know but I suspect that it will feel like home 

Abide with me where its breathless and its empty 

Yes abide with me and we'll pass the evening gently 

Stay awake with me and we'll listen more intently 

To something wordless and remaining, sure and ever changing in the quietness of now.