PEARL HARBOR

PEARL HARBOR
(Currin)

-----Bill Mallonee influenced. A complex metaphysical song, indeed.

Despondent, withdrawn
Well, the bone is hard to chew, when the skin gets thrown
I’m leveled, I’m down
Mellowed out, but still hanging around
It was a surprise attack, when all the planes came in
In a blinding flash of morning light and
Like Pearl Harbor, I’m destroyed
But no one can rob me of my joy

Well, I’m shell-shocked and battered
By the water and I don’t know, if it exactly mattered
But next time, I go diving, in the harbor for pearl and light
I’ll make sure that, when I come up for air, I hang on tight
Love is a battlefield, I’ve heard someone say
The more I feel, the more I know it to be true, these days
It’s hard sometimes, it’s rough
But the weight of the world comes with a delicate touch

Lay to waste these fields and ruin, so that something new may grow
Strong are the arms that can gently embrace then gently let go
Well, the mines were laid from the very first
I guess, it was just Your blessing, just my curse
That I couldn’t hear the roar of the engines, on those planes
When they dropped those bombs of blood-stained, painful acid rain
So like Pearl Harbor, I’ve been destroyed
But no one can rob me of my joy

Well, now, on this shoreline and harbor of the heart
I still can find traces of those pearls and a part
It could be a slight deviation, on my account
It’s a hard road that learns to climb the Sermon, on the Mount
Whose wound is as deep as the sea
And sting brings, about inner ecstasy
If I could turn back the clock, an arm or two
Would it still work out the same or change everything, but the Truth?

It was an infamous day of just biding my time
You were slipping away, God knows, I must’ve been blind
I saw You hover, above the waves like a hurricane
I was reaching out though sinking like the rain
No one warned me, in time, to escape
This onslaught of mercy, this onslaught of grace
And just as Pearl Harbor, I’m destroyed
But no one can rob me of my joy

You live your life with no regret, live life with no fear
Sow seeds, along the harbor and among your bloom of tears
Reap songs and pearls of joy that come, in the end
Though I know, it’s a bittersweet price to pay, my friend
I was climbing Jacob’s Ladder as you were stealing light forth from the stars
You were building walls and moats, but I’ve always known where you are
Well, Patience and Hope are virtues, I’m catching up on
They’ve been my only friends, ever-since, You’ve been gone

Oh, and just like Pearl Harbor, now, I’ve been destroyed
But no one can rob me of my joy
For the little things, in life, that get tossed and lost
Are part of the reason God rose a Cross

Oh, now, and just like Pearl Harbor, I’ve been destroyed
But no one can rob me of my joy
For the little things, in life, that get tossed and lost
Are part of the reason God rose a Cross



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