Taste and See

Oh my dear God

Take all my fears

Those moments of panic 

When nobody hears

When nobody sees

My cries and my shame

The pleas in the night

The tears on my face

'Cause I fell asleep 

And want to awake

Don't let me bow to them

Send them away

I see you walking far away

As whirling winds twist through your hair

With smiling voice you call my name

Heart leaping within me I answer your dare

A cry of alarm! My friends see the harm

The danger of leaving their side without thought

My feet hit the ground, I don't hear the sound

By the fierce falling rain it's all swallowed up

I can't break away from the look in your eyes

You tell me, without a word, I'll be alright

Unable to help it I laugh at the sky

Your undeserved friendship is all my delight

Flapping clothes pull me, jeering at the mystery

I feel something cold start to lap at my soul

I break from your gaze, I'm not how I used to be

You reach out your hand, but I'm sinking below

Oh my dear God

I shouldn't be here

Why did I leave

The safety of friends?

Why did you call me

To lead me to death?

Where is my footing?

I want it to end

Your touch is like fire 

It's flooding my veins

Jerking me back from

The shadows I've made

My head breaks the surface

Did I really forget

Your hand was still outstretched?

That you never left?

The storm is still here, the chill clings to me

But shiv'ring I stand with you on my two feet

I don't know what comes, but I know what goes

I give up the right to change how the wind blows

Rejection, deception, delightful confections

Of intoxication, scandal, and temptations

Marital strife with no clear end in sight

Thinking that two wrongs just might make a right

Moments of weakness that stretch into days

The world can turn, and in so many ways

Confusion, abuse and illusions of grandeur

The grand masquerade, we pretend that we're all pure

Heartbreakers, users, thieves that don't believe they're wrong

Liars, pillagers, tyrants of a desperate throng

Quiet...

In the midst of the storm, there is always a song

Because these are the waters that You walk upon

-Daniel Escobedo