dig-an anatomy

I had a big idea
I had a crazy eye
I broke the sacred seal
I told a lazy lie

I've had my conscience bent
I've had my patience tried
I've been up in the desert and down by the river side

Will the eagle fly
If the sky's untrue
Do the faithful sigh
Because they are so few

Remember when I cried
Remember when you knew
Remember the look in your eyes
I know I do

And count the stars to measure time
The earth is hard, the treasure fine
To the sea, I crawl on my knees

Feel it coming in
Feel it going out
Water covers sin
Blood covers doubt
So I begin again
Again the kneeling bow
There was a time that I might have surrendered
But not now

Consult the cards to measure mine
The earth is hard, the treasure fine
To the sea I crawl on my knees

Consult the cards to measure my
The earth is hard, the treasure fine
At the sea I wait on my knees
At the sea I wait on my knees
At the sea I wait on my knees

i love this song...
maybe because it seems so real to me

this song talks about sin and falling away
and the dilemma we face in entering God's presence and doing God's work because of our very sin
it also talks about how this dilemma eats us up from the inside..
we who have tasted God's goodness and encountered Him...how we will never forget our encounter with Him... and yet..

it speaks so much about the struggle we face in returning to God after our sin
of how the vicious cycle continues
where we are forgiven
but return to our sin
and have to come crawling back to be forgiven again and again

of how we struggle so to humble ourselves before God

and yet
the beautiful thing is that it is a melachonic song of eventual victory
of how we who have tasted His goodness
will never let go
till we make it
at the sea, i wait on my knees