The title of my new song, Where Are You God? is no surprise to any of us given the current pandemic situation. The turmoil of our fragility and the feeling that God is generally silent in this era is something that has crossed most of our minds. This song was a bit of a surprise for me, I was reticent to write it as I was unsure that I could do justice to the topic. In fact, I told God that I wasn’t going to write it. I think you can tell who won this argument. The lyrics are the raw, awkward truth of how I saw things in that moment. But sometimes the raw, awkward truth is what we need to hear. The Psalms are full of unfettered emotion and passionate pleas for help, and in some senses the essence of this song lie in the same roots. Sometimes our prayers are cries that come from deep within us.
There are two videos: a lyric video and the second version contains photos that fans of my music sent in from their lockdown walks over the last year. The track is available from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and Bandcamp.
Where Are You God? Trapped by the storm of the sickness We hide inside our cosy worlds No end in sight of this tragedy That’s holding back our daily lives Our backs against the wall, we ask Where are you God? We need you flowing in our hearts We need you speaking in our dreams to us Where are you God? We need you growing in our hearts We need you moving in our lives today Where are you God? Trapped in a world of our making We try so hard to heal ourselves Plans without faith robbed our children The unbelief has left us blind Our backs against the wall, we ask Minds high, and hearts low How far will we go? Some truth and half lies How long till we cry ©2020 Words and music by Helen Sanderson White.
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