Thursday, January 19, 2012
Gracie Girls Birthday
I Will Carry You
I love this song. I love these lyrics. It was written by Angie Smith of Selah for her daughter Audrey. When I first heard this song I knew instantly that this woman had experienced the loss of a child. There was such an intimacy and a deepness there. She had summed up everything I was feeling and sang it beautifully.
There were photographs I wanted to take
Things I wanted to show you
Sing sweet lullabies wipe your teary eyes
Who could love you like this?
People say that I am brave but I'm not
Truth is I'm barely hanging on
But there's a greater story
Written long before me
Because He loves you like this
I will carry you
While your heart beats here
Long beyond the empty cradle
Through the coming years
I will carry you
All my life
I will praise the one who's chosen me
To carry you
Such a short time
Such a long road
All this madness
But I know
That the silence
Has brought me to His voice
And He says
I've shown her photographs of time beginning
Walked her through the parted seas
Angel lullabies no more teary eyes
Who could love her like this?
I will carry you
While your heart beats here
Long beyond the empty cradle
Through the coming years
I will carry you
All your life
And I will praise the one who's chosen me
To carry you