Overland
(Rich Mullins)
We'll go overland. Who knows what we may find.
Or have we just stared at the star 'til we've gone blind.
Here in the night we stare a thousand miles through space.
Our hearts cry "safe return", but the star commands our way.
Get us there quickly before we care no more
to follow the path which we set out upon before.
We'll go overland…gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Driven far away.. where's a well to quench this thirst?
I don't understand why a man with all my wealth
should be summoned out to look for something else.
For all I have, I'm searching through these Judean hills
for something to give meaning to everything I feel.
And, I want to...
Wrap my arms around a reason to be alive, hold the truth in my hands,
look up and see straight into the eyes that saw me before the world began!
I’ve been overland 'til the comet came to rest down in Bethlehem.
There my eyes were finally blest
with the sight of Him for whom the heavens shown
with the songs He taught them when He walked with them alone!
Open up now to His Spirit, you whose empty eyes look with longing, tired and hungry,
His mark is on the skies!
And, you can...
Wrap your arms around a reason to be alive, hold the truth in your hands,
look up and see straight into the eyes that saw you before the world began!
Wrap your arms around a reason to be alive, hold the truth in your hands,
look up and see straight into the eyes that saw you before the world began!
We went overland! We went overland!
©richmullinsongs
