When they told me the story I was broken and sore
So I searched for the garden as my home
And I took no one with me
For the journey was mine
I must make this decision on my own
For the dangers before me could be many and hard
And the time all consuming and the travel is hard
And the only decision that is burning my heart
Is to walk ever closer to you
Do I hear in the morning on the whispering wind
Comes a voice soft to show me the way
But my ear is not gentle and the murmur is shy
And I rest, let the melody play
Of a light in the darkness growing steady and bright
Of a fruit unforbidden giving knowledge and life
Of the arms to protect me from the cold and the fright
As he draws ever closer to me
When you come to the crossroads and you look up to see
He's way and the truth and the life
As the nails and the thorns and the whip and the spear
Go in search of the treasures in the flow
For the body that surrendered has been broken for me
And the blood that was holy covers all of my sin
And the friends who forsook you in your hour of need
And the clouds that encumbered as the passion begins
And the cry "Eloi, Eloi, why forsakest thou me?"
And the battle that would follow and the victory won
And the throne at the right and the forgiving begun
And the eyes that behold me
And I then understand
You were always ever closer to me
As I strove to be closer to you