Lyrics
I Wound and I Heal
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Verse 1
Give ear, you heavens, I am old,
and I have one last thing to say.
Lean close and listen, patient earth,
before the river takes the day.
Let what I know come down like rain,
the small rain on the tender grass,
the dew that settles without sound
on things too young to feel it pass.
Pre-Chorus
And when you've lost the rest of me,
this song will not forget.
It will rise up in your children's mouths
and witness what you left.
So hear the words He gave to me:
Chorus
See now, I, even I, am He,
and there is no god with Me.
I kill, and I make alive,
I wound, and I heal.
And there is no one, no one
who can pull you from My hand.
Verse 2
Ask your father, ask the old ones,
they will tell you where you're from:
a howling waste, a land of nothing,
and He found you there alone.
Like an eagle tears her nest apart
and lets the young ones fall,
then spreads her wings beneath the drop,
He alone carried it all.
Verse 3
He set you on the heights of the earth,
you drank the dark blood of the grape,
He pressed out oil from flint for you,
and you grew fat, and you grew great.
Then Jeshurun, full and sleek,
kicked against the hand that fed,
and lightly held the Rock that saved him,
and chased new gods instead.
You drank the honey from the rock...
and then forgot the Rock.
Bridge
O that they were wise,
that they'd consider their latter end.
Their rock is not our Rock,
even our enemies can see.
So where are your gods now,
the rock you trusted in,
who ate the fat of your offerings
and drank your poured-out wine?
Let them rise up now and help you.
Let them hide you now.
Final Chorus
See now, I, even I, am He,
and there is no god with Me.
I kill, and I make alive,
I wound, and I heal.
And there is no one, no one
who can pull you from My hand.
I lift My hand to heaven:
I live forever.
Outro
He is the Rock, His work is perfect.
This is not an empty word.
It is your life.
Now I climb the mountain,
the whole land in my eyes.
I'll see it from the summit,
I won't cross the other side.